Fatimah Hossaini, an Afghan artist born in Tehran, is a photographer and curator and the founder of Mastooraat, an organization that supports artists and performers in Kabul. She received a bachelor's of science degree in industrial engineering, and a bachelor of arts degree in photography, both from the University of Tehran, and she taught on the visual arts faculty at the University of Kabul. Fatimah has advocated for women's and refugee rights on national and international platforms. Her work tells powerful stories of identity and femininity in Afghanistan and has been featured widely in the media and exhibited at prominent festivals and galleries in Iran, Afghanistan, India, Turkey, China, Japan, South Korea, Austria, Denmark, Italy, Albania, France, and the United States.