FATIMAH ASGHAR, author of the poetry collections Daughter of the Mountains: poems of heartbreak & homecoming (One World) and If They Come for Us, is a poet, filmmaker, educator, and performer. They are the writer and co-creator of Brown Girls, an Emmy-nominated web series that highlights friendships between women of color. They were also a co-producer on Ms. Marvel for Disney+ and wrote the episode “Time and Again.” Along with Safia Elhillo, they are the editor of Halal If You Hear Me, an anthology that celebrates Muslim writers who are also women, queer, gender-nonconforming, and/or trans.
