Team
A collaboration between Architecture for Refugee USA & Studio chahar
Yasaman Esmaili
Yasaman is an architect originally from Iran and the founder of studio chahar, an architectural design practice focused on equity and innovation. Her community-based projects have received several awards, including LafargeHolcim Regional Gold and Global Silver awards.
Rania Qawasma
Rania is a Palestinian-American architect working in the area of social equity and affordable housing. As the founder of Architecture for Refugees-USA, she works on refugee advocacy. She is the creator of “This is Home,” an award-winning infographic guidebook for refugees.
Volunteers
Poetry Sessions: Anna Vodicka
Anna Vodicka is a freelance writer and teacher based in Seattle. Her travel writing and creative nonfiction have appeared in a variety of magazines and anthologies, including AFAR, Brevity, Guernica, Harvard Review, The Iowa Review, Lonely Planet's An Innocent Abroad, Longreads, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Paste, and Shenandoah.
Event organizers: Laleh Amany, Deema Arafah, Mohammad Ebrahim Arbabian, Leila Asfari, Kayse Dana, Ramzi Dana, Kim Demarest, Mina Ekramnia, Lily Hotchkiss, Parastoo Jabbari, Margaret Knight, Richard Murray, Tanya Nachia Somanna, Zoie Rosolek, Stacy Segal, Rick Simonson, Daya Zhang
Photographers: Mohammad Ebrahim Arbabian, Ramzi Dana