Dr. Ibtisam Hashem Farran is a writer and novelist from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. She is interested in literature, poetry and creative writing, and a researcher in philosophy, cultures, and comparative religions. Although her primary field of work is as a consultant physician specializing in obstetrics and gynaecology, she has worked in the field of medical training and academic advising. However, she finds that all sciences are primarily humanistic, and they all attempt to explain the earthly, spiritual, and psychological experiences that a person goes through in his life.

Her second book, Transformations the Size of the Universe and Larger, is an extension of the existential research journey that she began in her first novel, Secret Anxiety.