Hi, I’m Maryam!

A first-gen human rights scholar, storyteller & communicator working in genocide & atrocity prevention. This is my corner of the internet — part portfolio, part scrapbook. Pull up a chair and take a look around!

Maryam azadi means freedom!
a few hats, one mission —

The short version of me

Different titles, same throughline: doing careful, human work in the hardest places.

Researcher

I study how mass violence emerges — and how prevention can step in before it does — testing early-warning ideas at conferences and symposia.

Communicator & strategist

I turn dense research into op-eds, briefings & campaigns that move. Grew media citations 60% at Freedom House and raised $30K in six months at ICRD.

Storyteller

On Maryam’s Mosaic, I turn abstract systems — violence, memory, justice — into human stories, keeping marginalized voices at the center.

off the clock —

Current interests

A little of what I’m into lately.

Reading

The Whale Rider — Witi Ihimaera

photography
Listening

In Our Time (BBC Radio 4)

journaling
architecture
Watching

Critical Role, Campaign 4 (iykyk)

data viz art
Learning

Figma wireframes & a little web design