Doaa Badran is a visual artist from the village of Kabul in Palestine. She is co-founder of Shahinat Burtuqal, an independent digital platform specializing in contemporary visual arts, and manager of Halqa Art Studio in Kabul. She holds a Masters in Visual Arts from the University of Haifa and a degree in jewelry design from the WIZO Haifa Academy of Design and Education. Badran’s roles also include lecturing at the university level, activism in the Palestinian sphere and hosting an artist podcast at the Paley Center in Jerusalem. She has participated in exhibitions on a local and international level.