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  • Israa Merhi

    Israa Merhi is a Muslim writer, poet, student, and editor. She is currently writing and editing for the student-run and funded magazine, W’SUP News. She has briefly worked with an independent publication, Wolfbound Books, in Parramatta. In her early career, she’d performed in multiple poetry slams across the country like Enough Said Poetry Slam and Saltwater Poetry Slam. Also, in the 2025 Grand Slam hosted and facilitated by Bankstown Poetry Slam, Israa, along with her team, won the People’s Choice award. Now, she is hoping to expand her career and include other forms of creative writing. She is also aiming to write and publish reflective articles, analyses and essays, on neocolonialism inherent to Western cultures from the perspective of a Muslim.

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