Residencies
A Plate Is a Homeland
Luna Issa began a residency with Alchemy Film & Arts in November 2025.
The project will result in the publication of A Plate Is A Homeland, a Scottish-Iraqi cookbook of new writing and recipes, due out this spring.
Encompassing curation, cooking and collaboration, A Plate Is A Homeland is centred around an exploration of what it means for diasporic cultures to adapt to a Scottish context through food.
The project stems from Luna’s experience as an Iraqi-Scot with an interest in cooking as a way to celebrate and preserve heritage and culture, and also considers ways in which ‘new cultures’ are created through adapting traditional recipes.
Luna Issa
Luna Issa is an Iraqi-Scottish artworker. Her work is centred around a passion for Iraqi and SWANA art and culture, and spans cooking, curation and production. She is invested in community-building, both local and diasporic.
Luna runs SUMAG, an Iraqi-inspired food project, is a seasonal chef at Woodlands Community Development Trust and is 1/4 of WSHWSH, a community-centred SWANA club night and events collective.
