Fatima van Hattum is a researcher, writer, and poet from Abiquiu, New Mexico. Fatima works in social justice philanthropy and has a PhD in Educational Thought and Sociocultural Studies from the University of New Mexico. She also holds an MSc Globalisation and Development Studies from the University of London’s SOAS. She is Muslim and has a large wonderful family and confusing background.

Her academic work, commentary, and satirical comics have been published in: Critical Inquiry in Language Studies; Intersections: Critical Issues in Education; Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas En Letras Y Cambio Social; and openDemocracy. Her poetry has been published in CALYX Journal, Chapter House Journal, apt, Portland Review, and New Moons: Contemporary Writing by North American Muslims.