Lamisse Hamouda is a writer, theatre artist and youth worker, primarily based in Meanjin. Her debut book, The Shape of Dust, will be published by Pantera Press in mid-2023. Lamisse's writings have been published in SBS Online, ABC, Diversity Arts, MediaDiversified and the Berlin-based newspaper, Arts of the Working Class. Her poetry was published in the anthology, Arab, Australian, Other: Stories on Race and Identity. Lamisse has run workshops on memoir writing in Vienna and Meanjin, and in 2022 she was awarded an Australian Council of the Arts Literature grant. Lamisse has performed with Side-Effect Physical Theatre Company, a queer, migrant theatre company based in Vienna. She is currently studying toward a Masters of Therapeutic Creative Arts.