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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 girls and women through movement, creativity, and truth-telling.
Zahira is the founder of the Healing Arts Foundation, which houses Project Zahira | Dance Theater and Changing Lives Through Dance. Her most recent work, The Rite, confronts the epidemic of intimate partner violence and femicide.
She has facilitated healing workshops in Palestine, India, Brazil, the U.S., Greece, and the Netherlands. In 2020, Zahira served as a key consultant for the Brazilian docuseries Em Nome de Deus, which exposed the (sexual) violence by João Teixeira de Faria, known as “John of God.” In 2022 (on streaming platforms GloboPlay and AppleTV), she collaborated with Dr. Gabor Maté, Ashira Darwish, and Kath Temple on trauma healing work in Jericho, Palestine.
Zahira holds an MFA in Dance, a Graduate Certificate in Women’s & Gender Studies, and a BA in Theatre in Education. She is certified in NLP, EFT, and trauma-informed inner work drawing from Jungian and Gestalt traditions. With additional training in meditation, tantra, bodywork, and art therapy, she developed Art in Motion—a healing practice integrating movement and creativity. She is also the founder/director of the Healing Arts Foundation, co-director of Rest / Resist, and founder of Sappho Tantra - initiatives rooted in decolonized therapeutic and artistic practices.
