Niya Abdullahi

Niya Abdullahi is a Multi-disciplinary Artist, EDI Consultant, Technologist and the founder of @Habasooda, a collective dedicated to sharing the richness of the Muslim experience. She has a Bachelor of Commerce in Business Technology Management from Toronto Metropolitan University and a Masters in Digital Experience Innovation from the University of Waterloo. Her work has been exhibited at Nuit Blanche, TIFF Next Wave, Black Film Festival Zurich, Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival, MENA Film Festival, Eastern Edge Gallery, amongst others. She was a 2021 Hot Docs Accelerator Fellow and currently sits on the advisory committee of the City of Toronto’s ArtworksTO program and the board of Work in Culture. Her work evokes memory, both past, present and future, in connection with diasporic experiences, and ancestral awakenings. Pillars of resistance are drawn through this divine labour of love.

What brings you joy? – My mom's smile: she has the most beautiful smile, mashaAllah!