Namal Siddiqui is a spoken word poetess, creative writer and mountaineer. After working in advertising and tech start-ups for over a decade in the UAE, she went on to pursue a Master’s degree in Creative Writing from Birmingham City University. She now works as Community Events Manager at ELF Dubai, focusing on the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature special events and year-long programme curation while continuing to write poetry and non-fiction. She has previously performed at EXPO 2020, the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature and the Global Citizen Festival.