Aashna Jamal is a writer from Kashmir. She was a 2022South Asia Speaksfellow, and has stories inFountain Ink,Muse India,Caravan,Inverse Journal, theDiplomat, andBebaak Jigar- Of Dry Tongues and Hearts, a print anthology that featured fiction from India. She is working on her debut novel. She is currently an economic advisor to the government in Somalia.