Eman Hussein, born in 1994, is an Egyptian dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker living in Zurich. She has studied dance, street art, theater, and martial arts. Her works fuse workers’ everyday movements with contemporary dance and other art forms. Working with individuals outside of art institutions is her main inspiration. She collaborates with artisans and workers and lives with them to learn movements within their workshops. Her films, which have been screened and won awards worldwide, combine aspects of public space and movement in contemporary dance.