Young woman with short curly hair and multiple rings, sitting at a wooden table with drinks, in a dimly lit restaurant or bar with green plants in the background.

Dima
Matta

Dima is a writer, professor, actor and spoken word Beirut-based artist. Matta, a Fulbright scholar, holds an MFA in creative writing from Rutgers University. In 2014, they founded Cliffhangers, the first bilingual storytelling platform in Lebanon, and host monthly storytelling events along with storytelling workshops and performances. Their first play, “This is not a memorized script, this is a well-rehearsed story”, an autobiographical play on queerness and their relationship with the city toured in London, New York, and Belfast.

PERFORMANCES