Hasan Namir is an award-winning Iraqi-Canadian children's book author. His debut picture book was
The Name I Call Myself. He has also published books of poetry and a novel. He lives in Vancouver with his family.
Zainab "Daby" Faidhi is a conceptual artist, illustrator, and architect. Her work spans animation, illustration, art direction, and painting. She has worked on several short film projects that have won international awards, as well as the Student Academy Award. Cartoon Saloon's
The Breadwinner was her first feature film, where she took part in background painting, set props' design and conceptual art.