ARTIST BIO
Founded in 2020 by Brekhna Aftab and Farhaana Arefin, Hajar Press is an independent and proudly political publishing house by and for people of colour. With a focus on creative experimentation, they publish books by writers with original and transformative ways of seeing and remaking the world, from novels and short stories to poetry and essays. Interested in writing that reflects how politics are lived and felt, whether conveying histories of resistance passed down generations, or embodying how the future is prefigured and enacted today, they publish beautiful, revolutionary books that move us to think, feel, dream and imagine anew.