Born in West Australia to Afghan refugees, Bobuq Sayed is a freelance writer, artist and a former editor of Un Magazine and Archer Magazine. They have received fellowships and residencies from the Wheeler Centre, Firstdraft Gallery, Punctum, Kundiman, Tin House, and the VONA/Voices foundation, and their work has been published and performed widely. Bobuq is a Michener Fellow in the MFA program at the University of Miami, where they edit fiction for the literary magazine Sinking City.