Farouk Kannout is an Arab writer and cultural critic based in Chicago, covering film, tv, games, and culture broadly. His work has appeared in Unwinnable and Film Daze, among others, and in 2025 he was recognized by the Chicago Film Critics Association and Rotten Tomatoes Emerging Critics Program as a "Writer to watch." Farouk's passions lie in diverse, global perspectives in art and cinema. You can follow him online, or find him at a local independent theater in Chicago.