Noor (they/them) is an artist, writer, and cultural worker from Los Angeles, CA, currently residing in NYC. The queer child of Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) immigrants (Syrian father and Jordanian-Palestinian mother) much of Al-Dayeh’s work critiques Orientalism and the orientalist gaze as it pertains to intersectional identities within the SWANA region. A Highest Honors graduate of Emory University, their senior thesis & post-undergraduate work documents the lives of queer SWANA women and gender non-conforming individuals and their safe spaces. They also volunteer at the Lesbian Herstory Archives in Park Slope, focusing on the preservation and archiving of queer SWANA (esp Palestinian) individuals, stories, and histories. You can find them online: @nooraldayeh / @never.noor on TikTok.