b.1997, KanpurCurrently based in Delhi
Write at thisisafreenakhtar@gmail.com
Afreen Akhtar is a writer, a multi-disciplinary artist and an activist based in Delhi. Her work deals with subjects like identity, gender, marginalisation, communal violence, and the rewriting of History. She is one of the winners of the Prince Claus Seed Fund Awards 2023. She was long-listed for the Toto Awards in Creative Writing (English) 2024. She received the Transmitterance Fellowship 2021 where she created radio/sound art for a community radio. Her literature-oriented sound art was showcased in Khoj Studios, Delhi via Norient Sound in 2023, Abhivyakti City Festival’23 and Transmitterance Radio Festival.
Afreen Akhtar is a writer, a multi-disciplinary artist and an activist based in Delhi. Her work deals with subjects like identity, gender, marginalisation, communal violence, and the rewriting of History. She is one of the winners of the Prince Claus Seed Fund Awards 2023. She was long-listed for the Toto Awards in Creative Writing (English) 2024. She received the Transmitterance Fellowship 2021 where she created radio/sound art for a community radio. Her literature-oriented sound art was showcased in Khoj Studios, Delhi via Norient Sound in 2023, Abhivyakti City Festival’23 and Transmitterance Radio Festival.
Her work has appeared in TEDx Gateway, UN Women, The Wire, Vogue India, The Queer Muslim Project, Team Works Art, Norient Sounds, The Gulmohur Quarterly, etc. Some of her earlier performative works are ‘Kya Yaad Hai Aapko’, which is about her own experience as a child sexual abuse survivor, ‘Dupatta’ which revolves around the societal pressures a woman has to deal with, and ‘Prophets of Patriarchy’ based on the anti-abortion laws passed in different states of America.
Her work has appeared in TEDx Gateway, UN Women, The Wire, Vogue India, The Queer Muslim Project, Team Works Art, Norient Sounds, The Gulmohur Quarterly, etc. Some of her earlier performative works are ‘Kya Yaad Hai Aapko’, which is about her own experience as a child sexual abuse survivor, ‘Dupatta’ which revolves around the societal pressures a woman has to deal with, and ‘Prophets of Patriarchy’ based on the anti-abortion laws passed in different states of America.
Afreen is also the founder of an online gender-fluid thrift store, Ismat Store, which promotes sustainable and environmentally conscious fashion with an emphasis on art and literature. She is currently working on her first collection of short stories.
Afreen is also the founder of an online gender-fluid thrift store, Ismat Store, which promotes sustainable and environmentally conscious fashion with an emphasis on art and literature. She is currently working on her first collection of short stories.