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Oral History Interview with Ashna Ali
Oral history interview with Ashna Ali, conducted by Archival Creators Fellow Nureena Faruqi.

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 with Sara Naveed
Oral history interview with Sara Naveed, conducted by Archival Creators Fellow Nureena Faruqi.

Oral History Interview with Rupa S. Valdez
Oral history interview with Rupa S. Valdez, conducted by Archival Creators Fellow Nureena Faruqi.

Oral History Interview with Swati Shastry
Oral history interview with Swati Shastry, conducted by Archival Creators Fellow Nureena Faruqi.

Swati Shastry (she/her) is a South Indian law student who was diagnosed with Leukemia a few years ago.

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.

Oral History Interview with A.K.
Oral history interview with A.K., conducted by Archival Creators Fellow Nureena Faruqi.

A.K. (They/Them) is a queer Black and Bangladeshi activist and caregiver. A significant part of their spirituality is rooted in and/ or has histories in South Asia. Based in Philadelphia, PA, they are neurodivergent and live with mental illness, chronic fatigue, and mobility issues.

Oral History Interview with Saif
Oral history interview with Saif, conducted by Archival Creators Fellow Nureena Faruqi.

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.

Published Poetry Heading by Ashna Ali
Ashna Ali’s published poem on Zoeglossia

A screenshot from a website. Heading reads “Welcome back for Zoeglossia’s Poem of the Week series curated this month by Kay Ulanday Barrett.”

The piece being shared on the page is Ashna’s Ali’s “Top Secret Club Abjection.”

Poem by Ashna Ali
A screenshot from the website Zoeglossia, black text on a white background, of the poem's text;

Poem Text:
It’s H who starts me on the teas, delivers four fragrant boxes,
mixes them herself. She includes ingredients on a handmade label.
C I find on Instagram talking about her herbalism practice,

Poems by Ashna Ali
Screenshot of “In My Dreams I Write Letters to My Mother across the Ocean” by Ashna Ali, black text on white background, from Sun Dog Lit Website.

Poem Text:
Mother, shall I tell you about my unborn child,
forever a cluster of cells? You share a quality:

I shall write you both unsent letters
for the rest of my life. Marjorie suggests that it bobs

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