Nahed Elrayes is a Palestinian writer, composer, and Development Manager at UNRWA USA. He has been recognised in Meanjin’s Essays That Changed Australia (1940 to Today), Arab America’s 30 Under 30 (2023), The Guardian’s 2024 Walkley-Awarded Leaving Gaza,” SBS, the LA Times, AP News, AJ+ The Stream, The New Arab and more. Recently Nahed broke the story of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s cancellation of pianist Jayson Gillham, sparking global controversy.