Hamed Sinno is a composer-performer, writer, and designer. Their research explores vocalities as sites of political negotiation. They have been the lyricist and front-person for Mashrou Leila since 2008, agitating conversations around representation, free speech, and sexual freedoms in the Middle East. H. has a BFA from the Department of Architecture and Design at the American University of Beirut, and an MA in Digital Musics from Dartmouth College. 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, is a song cycle built around poems written in Amazon customer reviews, exploring the overlaps of consumerism, mental illness, and environmental crisis. Poems of Consumption was commissioned by and opened in London’s Barbican Centre in July 2023, and is currently on tour in the US.