Fabliha Yeaqub
Fabliha Yeaqub
community organizer.
event producer.
storyteller.
researcher.
educator.
writer.
graphic designer.
photographed by Shravya Kag
Fabliha Yeaqub (she/they) is a multi-disciplinary artist, writer, and community organizer based in New York City. Yeaqub is the founder of the Marigold Seeds Collective (formerly known as the South Asian Queer + Trans Collective), a grassroots organization for LGBTQ+ South Asians and Indo-Caribbeans. Fabliha is also an independent researcher and archivist to uncover the lost stories of disenfranchised communities.
Yeaqub’s main focus is cultivating a safe environment for marginalized voices to creatively express themselves by cross-pollinating arts, education, and culture.
Fabliha utilizes the many facets of her identity in her writing and believes storytelling is a powerful tool to heal souls. Several of Fabliha's writings in her newsletter gained international attention.
Yeaqub has also been praised and recognized by prominent publications such as Teen Vogue, NBC News, Them, and more.
photographed by Shravya Kag
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“How do we reimagine everything in the light of a change that is so far-reaching and is our responsibility to make? We have to do the reimagining ourselves.”
Inspired by the belief that radical community care can generate change toward liberation, Fabliha utilizes the powerful tools of political education, storytelling, and culture to reimagine new worlds.
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photographed by Shravya Kag