Moones Mansoubi

is a community, arts, and cultural development worker based in Sydney. Her work is dedicated mainly to supporting and collaborating with migrants and people seeking asylum in Australia. She has managed numerous community and cultural projects, and was the first translator of Behrouz Boochani’s work when he began writing from Manus Island. She was the translation consultant for Boochani’s book No Friend but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison (Picador Australia, 2018). Her translation of the article “An Island Off Manus” (Saturday Paper, 6 May, 2017) was included in Boochani’s winning nomination for the Amnesty Media Award in 2017. Moones is currently the coordinator of the Community Refugee Welcome Centre in Inner West Sydney and a content producer for the Persian program on SBS Radio.