Mahmoud M. Al-Shaer is a Palestinian writer, poet, and cultural manager originally from Rafah. As editor-in-chief of 28 Magazine and founder of 28 Gallery, he works at the intersection of literary and visual practices to explore memory, collaboration, and cultural resistance. He has coordinated projects with institutions such as the Goethe-Institut and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, co-curated the New Alphabet School at the HKW in Berlin, and presented his work at the 12th Berlin Biennale. His most recent book, I Am Still Alive: Dispatches from Gaza (2025), reflects on writing as an existential and political act under siege.