(Netherlands, 1966) is a cabaret artist, stand-up comedian, singer, actor and presenter. He grew up in Suriname, then studied economics at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, where he was introduced to cabaret. After his studies he returned to Suriname, where he organized cabaret dinners in his own restaurant. He became known in the Netherlands in the late ’90s as the host of shows like Comedy Factory and Raymann is Laat. He is co-owner of Men at Work TV Produkties, which is responsible for the annual Great Dutch Dictation contest, among other programs. He has toured with theatre productions and can be heard weekdays on BNR News Radio on his program Ask Me Anything. As of February 2020, he will play the role of Horace in the musical Hello Dolly.

(Morocco, 1973) is a journalist, columnist, translator, researcher and producer. She publishes in various media (including Dutch national daily newspaper NRC and women's magazine Linda); runs her own online magazine for culture lovers, Aicha Qandisha. She compiled a story collection about Arab women, Achter de sluier (Behind the Veil, 1999); 2013 saw the publication of her book Arabieren kijken (Looking at Arabs), about "ordinary" people in the Arab world. She made TV programs for various broadcasters, including the documentary series Seks en de Zonde (Sex and Sin). Together with Michelin-starred chef Soenil Bahadoer, she wrote the culinary books Spicy Chef (2020) and Streetfood (2022). She published two further books in 2022: Een koffer vol citroenen (A Suitcase Full of Lemons), a requiem for and portrait of her mother, and Arbeidsmigranten in Nederland (Migrant Labourers in the Netherlands).