Rayya Badran is a writer, translator, and educator based in Beirut. Her writings and translations have featured in various publications such as Bidoun, Ibraaz, Art Papers, Norient, The Wire, and more. She has taught courses on contemporary art and sound studies at the department of Fine Arts and Art History at the American University of Beirut since 2014 and has a bi-monthly show on Radio al Hara.