Zahira Mous (1984) is a Frisian-born choreographer, artistic director, creative coach, writer, performer, and activist whose life’s work bridges embodied healing, the arts, and social justice. With a background in dance theater, somatic facilitation, and feminist community organizing, her mission centers on liberating women through movement, creativity, and making a womb-voice connection. Zahira is the director of Project Zahira | Dance Theater. Her most recent work, The Rite, confronts the epidemic of intimate partner violence and femicide. She creates socially engaged dance theater works and after-talks to increase awareness and effect change. She is the co-founder/director of Rest / Resist (with Tania S. Shoukair) - initiatives rooted in decolonized therapeutic and artistic practices.