Maryam Zahid is a gold medalist in English Literature, a writer, public speaker, and lecturer based in Karachi. Her writing has been published in The Aleph Review and Livina Press. She was also a Salam Award Fellow and was shortlisted for the Zeenat Haroon Rashid Prize for Short Fiction in 2025. Maryam enjoys writing that explores the world around her and her contribution to it. You can always find her petting a stray cat or at a book stall somewhere around Karachi, buying yet another book for her already overfilled bookshelves.