Hamed Sinno

H (Hamed) Sinno is a composer, writer, performer, and social justice advocate. Their debut full-length opera, Westerly Breath, was in development at The Industry Los Angeles, and opened at the New York Met Museum in January 2024. Their solo debut, Poems of Consumption, commissioned by the Barbican and Shubbak festival, explores the overlaps of consumerism, mental illness, and environmental crisis. Poems of Consumption debuted at London’s Barbican Centre in July 2023, and is currently on tour in the United States. H has been the lyricist and front-person for Mashrou Leila since 2008, agitating conversations around representation, free speech, and sexual freedoms in the Middle East.