Ashna Ali (she/they) is a Best-of-the-Net-nominated, diasporic Bangladeshi poet, educator, and cultural critic based in Brooklyn. Raised in Italy, they are queer and disabled.
Oral History Interview
Oral history interview conducted by Archival Creators Fellow Nureena Faruqi.
Anonymous (they/them) is a multiply disabled, nonbinary, queer Iraqi and Pakistani Muslim. They are autistic and live with POTS and hEDS. They are a wheelchair user working in the nonprofit sector in the DC area.
Flier of Sara Naveed
Screenshot from Sara Naveed’s Instagram: fabulous.and.fatigued.
Screenshot features a flier for the Wonder Women Tech Virtual Summit.
It has a neon green background with a monochrome photo of Sara, a Pakistani woman with long brown wavy hair in the forefront laughing and holding a bouquet of flowers.
Swati Shastry (she/her) is a South Indian law student who was diagnosed with Leukemia a few years ago.
Photograph of Swati and her Mother
The image is of two Indian individuals wearing masks. They are outside surrounded by green foliage. The person on the left has a white mask, black and white hair, a glasses chain around her neck, and a bindi. The person on the right has a white mask, translucent glasses, and dark clothing. They are both smiling.
Video of Swati mouthing the words, "Therapy dupe! Oh my god, it's a therapy dupe!" She is wearing a white sweatshirt and standing in front of a hanging plant. Next to her is a screengrab of a Google form.
Saif (he/him) is a practicing attorney based in the US. He has a North Indian background and has lived with Ankylosing Spondylitis since the age of 12.
Per the interviewee's request, this oral history is provided in text format.