Aaron El Sabrout is an Egyptian/American transgender artist, writer, gardener, and lawyer. He currently lives on the Haldimand Tract (unceded Haudenosaunee, Michi Saagig Anishinaabe, and Wendat territories).
Aaron makes comics, illustration, games, and activism all in service of trans liberation and right relationship with the land. He combines various media in each of his projects, moving from programming to traditional painting within the same pieces of art.
Aaron has spent time living in Cairo, Egypt and Doha, Qatar, as well as throughout North America. His work considers Arab, African, North American, and Indigenous cultural perspectives in creating a decolonial framework. As a trans person, he is always trying to challenge rigid binaries and categorizations.
Most days he is out tending his garden, harvesting wild medicines, and learning from and being with the land.