Our Team
Editor-in-Chief
A.R. Arthur
A.R. Arthur is a mixed-race poet & writer who has spent most of his life in Kuwait, jostling between the UK, the Netherlands, and beyond. Anthony's writing and reviews have been published over 410 times internationally. Anthony's Flash Fiction was shortlisted and received an honorable mention in the 2022 Dillydoun Flash Fiction Prize Competition. Anthony has 3 published chapbooks titled 'The Great Northern Journey' 2020 (Lazy Adventurer Publishing) & 'Vultures' 2021 (Roaring Junior Press), a novel 'The Sands of Change' 2021 (Alien Buddha Press) and a collection of Sociology Essays titled 'Ideology, Spontaneity & Meaning in Hyper Reality: Collected Essays on Globalisation & Postmodernity'.Anthony's Chapbook 'Half Bred' was the Winner of the 2021 'The Poetry Question' Chapbook contest. Anthony writes for Psychopomp. Anthony is the EIC of Fahmidan Journal/Publishing & Co and a Senior Poetry Editor at Harbor Review.
Managing Editor
Yasmine Dashti
Yasmine has been part of Fahmidan as Senior Editor since 2020. She has recently completed her MA in English Literature at Cardiff University with research and literary interests in post-coloniality, ghost theory/stories, the Gothic, immigrant stories and literary history.
With a mixed background and ties to both Kuwait and the UK, whilst growing up in Canada, Yasmine strives to engage readers with multicultural stories and create space for those who feel silenced. Her interest in politics, philosophy and literary theory has shaped much of Yasmine’s character as both an individual and an academic.
Poetry Editor
Rashna Wadia
Rashna Wadia identifies as a Parsi poet and empath who seeks to connect deeply with the planet. She explores othering and what it means to belong. Her poems have appeared in Terrain.org, Rust & Moth, Catamaran, Salt Hill Journal, and elsewhere. She has received support for her work from VONA/Voices, Open Mouth, and Kenyon Review.
You can find her savoring a cup of green tea or daydreaming in the company of redwoods. She resides in northern California with her husband and two cats.
Prose Editor
Elijah Steiger
Elijah Steiger has founded himself upon a rather disparate background. An American who grew up in Germany and studied in Amsterdam, Elijah has a background in theater, bartending and sociology. With a genuine passion for both introspection and collaboration, he aims to contribute to the literary world in any meaningful way, even if it further complicates his own narrative.
Assistant Managing Editor (Genres)
Sarah Anderson
Sarah Anderson is an aspiring editor based in Dublin, Ireland. Her passion for travel and international literature began during her time at Boston College, where she discovered a wide range of authors through her studies and literary magazine internships. As a New Jersey native, her passion for reading and writing is as fundamental as her love for a classic Taylor ham, egg, and cheese sandwich.
Assistant Managing Editor (Education/Publishing)
Talicha Johnson
Talicha J. is a Black queer poet and teaching artist. She has been nominated for thePushcart Prize and was a Collaborating Fellow with The Poetry Lab. She is the author of Falling in Love with Picking Myself Up (2015), and Taking Back the Body (2024). Her work can be found on the Button Poetry YouTube channel and in several literary journals. More poems, projects, and offerings live at talichajpoetry.com.
Marketing & Content Strategist
Batol Al-Hashimy
Batol is an Iraqi national born in Germany who has also lived in 6 different countries throughout her life, giving her a diverse perspective. She recently completed her bachelor’s degree in the Netherlands, focusing on various aspects, including economics and politics. From a young age, Batol has been passionate about volunteering and making a positive impact. She is also an avid reader and is a marketing and content strategist.
Our Readers
Our readers are more than an audience—they are part of the story,
turning poetry into a shared experience.
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Aaliyah André
Aaliyah André is a student at University of Galway pursuing a degree in English and Creative Writing with Classics. Originally from the island of Guadeloupe, in the French West Indies, she is an active member of the society life at UG.
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Abu Ibrahim
Abu Ibrahim popularly known as IB is a Nigerian poet whose work has caused tremendous influence and change.
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Alicia Chen
Alicia Chen is a writer and student from Shanghai, China, currently living in Atlanta, USA.
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Amy Lemuz-Gurra
Having grown up in a Spanish-speaking household, Amy Lemuz-Guerra credits her English fluency to reading the Junie B. Jones series on the school bus.
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Ann Varkey
Ann is a uni student studying biology that loves to read and write in her spare time
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Ayòdéji Israel
Ayòdéjì Israel is a Pushcart Prize and BotN nominee. He is a finalist for the 2025 Rhysling Award.
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Brittany Thorpe
Brittany holds a Master’s in Design with a focus on design research, specialising in inclusive design practices. Her interest in storytelling informs both her research and design work.
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Claire Guo
Claire Guo is a writer based in San Jose, California. Her work has been recognized by the Adroit Prizes in Prose and the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, and is published or forthcoming in The New York Times,
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Daniel Cloyd
Daniel Cloyd is a second-year student attending Howard University, majoring in English with a concentration in creative writing.
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Dominic Anthony
Dominic Anthony (He/They) is a Black, queer poet with roots in Missouri and Arkansas. They learned the power of words through their grandmother who often said, “you have to be able to name a demon to cast them out”.
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Dr Sara Louise Wheeler
Dr Sara Louise Wheeler writes the columns ‘O’r Gororau’ (from the borders) for Barddas Welsh poetry magazine and ‘Troi cerrig’ (turning stones) for Golwg360 Welsh news platform, for which she also undertakes freelance reporting.
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Drew Payne
Drew Payne (she/her) has a BA in Creative Writing with a minor in journalism from the University of North Texas, where she still resides.
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Eleanor Graydon
Eleanor Graydon (She/They) is a part-time university student at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia, with an avid love for writing poetry and her work as a freelance editor.
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Emily Bryant
Emily Bryant is a recent graduate of English Literature with a passion for writing, editing and research.
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Fran Fernández Arce
Fran Fernández Arce is a Chilean PhD student at the University of York currently researching ephemerality and precarity in the works of Ciaran Carson,
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Johannah Simon
Johannah Simon is a corporate learning strategist by day and (sometime) creative by night. A Midwest GenX multi-genre writer,
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Keegan Thoranin
Keegan Thoranin (any/all) is a creature whose comforts lie in the uncomfortable, the unpalatable, the raw. Words have always eluded her as much as nourished her;
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Laura Tate
Laura is a poet, retired elementary school teacher and grandmother who lives in the Washington, D.C. area.
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Lily Sadighmehr
Lily Sadighmehr is a substitute teacher with a love of poetry and bookstores. Her work appears in Miniskirt Magazine, Nowruz Journal, Stone Pacific Zine.
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Nazia Kamali
Nazia is a reader, writer, dreamer, and Artificial Intelligence trainer based in Dehradun, who fell in love with writing at a young age.
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Taskin Quagliani
Taskin Quagliani is a mixed-race South African writer with Italian and Asian lineage and it was her diverse upbringing which spawned a love of expression through writing.
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Wisdom Adediji, NGP xi
Wisdom Adediji, NGP xi, is a Nigerian genre-bending writer. His works have appeared on Icefloe press, Blue press, Weganda review, NND poetrycolumn and elsewhere.
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Yasmin Tehrani
Yasmin Tehrani is a NYC based writer currently finishing her M.A. in Literature, Language, and Theory at CUNY Hunter College where she focuses on modernist studies.
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Yvonne Aore
Yvonne Aore is a Kenyan fiction writer whose work explores intimacy, ritual, power, and the unseen forces that shape ordinary lives.
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Zarish Khalid
Zarish Khalid is a professional content writer, researcher and mentor from Pakistan. In 2021, she completed her undergraduate studies in English Literature,
Former Staff
Forever Appreciated!
Samuel Burt
Christina Rowsell
René Zadoorian
Bonita Wileman
Amax Jimmy
Christa Freeman
Fran Fernandez Arce