Syrian by birth and parentage, Nouha Gorani-Homad is a Montreal-based artist, writer, editor, and free-lance translator. She has had a career as a university professor teaching English and comparative literature, as well as French and Spanish language and literature. Gorani-Homad grew up in Paris, Rome, Cairo, Lisbon, Buenos Aires and Damascus absorbing languages and cultural experiences along the way. She has since lived in Beirut, Amman, Washington DC, Tripoli, and London among other places and this has continued to enrich and influence her cosmopolitan vision in both her writing and painting.