Inana Othman was born in Hasaka and lives in Berlin. She translates, writes poetry, and creates documentary essays. Her works have been featured at various literary festivals, in the Pavilion Hannover, at HKW Berlin, and at the Hessian State Theatre Marburg, and have been published in multilingual literary journals such as UntoldMag, Edit, and inamo. Recent publications include “Das Vermisste ist dessen Markierung” in die horen, Vol. 293, 69th Year, Wallstein Verlag, March 2024; "Kan yama kan" in “Stoff aus Luft”: BELLA triste No. 66, Fall 2023; and “vorwärts Erinnern” in “Vergangenheit vorhersagen”: Schauspiel Düsseldorf, Summer 2022. In 2023, Inana received the SchreibZeit scholarship from the Niedersachsen Foundation.