Chivvis Moore has earned a living as a journalist, carpenter, editor, and teacher. She lived and worked 17 years in the Middle East -- in Egypt, Syria, Israel and  West Bank. She has worked with African American, Latino and Native American communities helping initiate community newspapers and now works with Zawaya, a nonprofit organization that seeks to contribute to the multicultural discourse of the Bay Area with the Arab arts She lives in Oakland, CA, with her partner. Her book, First Tie Your Camel, Then Trust in God: An American Feminist in the Arab World was published in June 2016 by North Loop Books.