Amina Elahi is a freelance journalist based in Chicago, Illinois. She graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in June, 2010, with degrees in magazine journalism and psychology. Currently, she is Managing Editor of Divanee.com, the South Asian News and Entertainment Network.

In February 2011, Amina won first place in the “Best Sports, Arts and Entertainment” category at the New America Media Ethnic Media Awards in Washington, D.C. Her winning piece, “Banned Practice — Music Censorship,” told the story of Deeyah, a Pakistani-Norweigan singer whose  experiences with racism and sexism led her to give up her career as a young woman. Now an adult, Deeyah partners with Freemuse to actively combat music censorship across the world by using the voices of silenced artists to weave a greater story. You can read the piece here.

Amina’s work has also appeared in Popular Science, Cafe Magazine, North by Northwestern and Al Bayan. In addition to writing and editing, Amina enjoys photography and design.

Her main areas of interest are international current events, South Asia, literature, technology and social media.