Maryama Dahir is a recent graduate of the University of Minnesota where she studied African American and African Studies and English Literature. She is a freelance writer, researcher, a member of the Young Muslim Collective, and editorial assistant for 1991 Zine. When she is not working, Maryama Dahir enjoys art, is an avid afro-futurist, and has a passion for long conversations about insurgent artwork and leftist revolutionary politics.