Hasheemah H. Afaneh, born in one place and raised in two, is studying nutrition and dietetics at Birzeit University. Apart from food and health, her passion lies in words. She writes poetry, short stories, and descriptive essays, some of which have been published in Sixteen Minutes to Palestine, Riwayya, Cigale Literary Magazine, and Beyond Compromise. She has been blogging for three years at norestrictionsonwords.wordpress.com.