சிந்துஜன் வரதராஜா (Sinthujan Varatharajah) & (Moshtari Hilal) مشترى هلال

சிிந்துஜன் வரதராஜா (Sinthujan Varatharajah) is a researcher and essayist based in Berlin. Having studied political geography, they now work on the subjects of statelessness, mobilities and anti­colonial resistance with a special focus on infrastructures, logistics and building cultures. வரதராஜா is embedded within the Eelam Tamil liberation movement and has worked for various human and asylum rights organisations in London and Berlin over the years. Their non­ fiction book an alle orte, die hinter uns liegen (to all places that lie behind us) was published by Hanser Verlag in September 2022

(Moshtari Hilal) مشترى هلال is an artist, researcher and curator who lives in Hamburg. She is a co­ founder of the collective AVAH (Afghan Visual Arts and History) and the research project CCC (Curating Through Conflict with Care). In her work, which encom­ passes both artistic and discur­ sive formats, she is concerned with beauty, ugliness, shame and power. Hilal studied Islamic Studies with a focus on gender, decolonial studies and Cultural Studies in Hamburg, Berlin and London. Her debut novel Hässlichkeit (Ugliness) was published by Hanser Verlag in September 2023.