Born and brought up in Hong Kong, Fatima identifies as a person of Pakistani-Turkish ethnicity. Currently an English Studies student at The University of Hong Kong, Fatima wants to contribute to the integration of asylum seekers and refugees in Hong Kong by highlighting their stories, rights and needs.

Fatima is currently interning at the Table of Two Cities Project and Drink For Justice, and has helped both causes grow over the last year through a variety of roles. She has also been a volunteer at Refugee Union for the past six months. She participated in a cultural exchange event, “Human Library Experience” on International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in March via local NGO We Care. Over 200 attendees and 5 local representatives held conversations to raise awareness, build personal engagement and debunk racial stereotypes through interactive activities. Fatima co-founded her own online magazine, Liberty Magazine, an independent online variety publication for university students with a unique focus on diverse and migrant identities. She is also the Vice President at her university’s WorldMUN project for external outreach with major social activists and reformers in Hong Kong. She is currently leading an independent academic project to develop a holistic picture of the political and geographical origin of the Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, and Nepalis in Hong Kong by curating a multimodal research project of the history of the 1947 partition of India. She wishes to work towards a world where all individuals have access to tertiary education and fair job opportunities. In her spare time, Fatima likes to binge-watch online tv shows, read, and do freelance advocacy writing for online publications and magazines.

In Fatima’s Words:

“Currently, it’s far too difficult to stir up conversations about Hong Kong’s migrant community even in academic institutions and universities; and this is something that I wish to change.”