Durkhanai Ayubi

Durkhanai Ayubi is an Afghan born writer, whose body of work seeks reclamation of the stories of her motherland, exploration of the experience of displacement and interrogation of the limitations embedded within normalised notions of justice and power. Her first book Parwana: Recipes and Stories from an Afghan Kitchen received global acclaim, winning international awards including from the Food Writers Guild and the Art of Eating Prize. Her next book is forthcoming in 2026. She is a Lifelong Fellow of the Atlantic Institute, a social justice focused Fellowship based at Oxford University, where her work centres on transformative justice with narrative reclamation at its heart.