Hi, I’m Maryam!
A first-gen human rights scholar, storyteller & communicator working in genocide & atrocity prevention. This is my corner of the internet — part portfolio, part scrapbook. Pull up a chair and take a look around!
azadi means freedom!
The short version of me
Different titles, same throughline: doing careful, human work in the hardest places.
Researcher
I study how mass violence emerges — and how prevention can step in before it does — testing early-warning ideas at conferences and symposia.
Communicator & strategist
I turn dense research into op-eds, briefings & campaigns that move. Grew media citations 60% at Freedom House and raised $30K in six months at ICRD.
Storyteller
On Maryam’s Mosaic, I turn abstract systems — violence, memory, justice — into human stories, keeping marginalized voices at the center.
Take a look around
Every part of my world is pinned up here. Tap anything to step inside.
Now · currently
- reading
- The Whale Rider — Witi Ihimaera
- listening
- In Our Time (BBC Radio 4)
- writing
- the villain essay series on Maryam’s Mosaic
- learning
- Figma wireframes & a little web design
last updated · june 2026