alishbakikahani 

I’m a Pakistani American Texas born and raised writer, content creator and film programmer dedicated to South Asian & Asian American storytelling rooted in identity, history, and advocacy. 

I studied journalism and international relations at the University of Texas of Austin where I got involved with Asian American studies and Asian American organizing. I’m involved with various Asian American non profits like Austin Asian American Film Festival, Asian Texans for Justice, and the Dallas Asian American Historical Society. I co host an Asian American book club in Dallas called Did You Read Yet.

I’m dedicated to storytelling and community events rooted in identity, history, and advocacy and working towards creating accurate representation on screen, in office and in our textbooks!

Connect with me alishba2424@gmail.com

IG: alishbakikahani 

Alishba Javaid

Interviewed for Austin radio station "Lights, Camera, Austin" about the programming for the 18th Austin Asian American Film Festival.

Interviewed for Austin radio station "Lights, Camera, Austin" about the programming for the 18th Austin Asian American Film Festival.

Featured in an Asian American podcast discussing my experience working in AAPI civic engagement in Texas with the non profit, Asian Texans for Justice.

Featured in an Asian American podcast discussing my experience working in AAPI civic engagement in Texas with the non profit, Asian Texans for Justice.

Performing at an Asian American Poetry night around language at Hold My Chai in Frisco.

Performing at an Asian American Poetry night around language at Hold My Chai in Frisco.

MC for Desi Digest poetry night at the Museum of Asian Texans

MC for Desi Digest poetry night at the Museum of Asian Texans

Interviewed for KERA News about the Dallas Asian American Arts scene

Interviewed for KERA News about the Dallas Asian American Arts scene

Quoted in an Al Jazeera article talking about experiences being a UT Austin journalism major graduating among Palestine student protests on campus

Quoted in an Al Jazeera article talking about experiences being a UT Austin journalism major graduating among Palestine student protests on campus

Reproductive Rights Conference with Asian Texans for Justice in DC

Reproductive Rights Conference with Asian Texans for Justice in DC

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Featured in a video about what community means in Austin from a docu-series named, "A Town Called Victoria" covering the Islamophobic attack against a mosque in Victoria, Texas.

Featured in a video about what community means in Austin from a docu-series named, "A Town Called Victoria" covering the Islamophobic attack against a mosque in Victoria, Texas.

Featured in an Asian Mental Health post about celebrating Ramadan as a college student- AACHI (Austin Asian Community Health Initiative)

Featured in an Asian Mental Health post about celebrating Ramadan as a college student- AACHI (Austin Asian Community Health Initiative)

Featured as an intern for a South Asian non partisan non profit in Texas

Featured as an intern for a South Asian non partisan non profit in Texas

Featured in the University of Texas at Austin's journalism school during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month about experiences as an AAPI student journalist

Featured in the University of Texas at Austin's journalism school during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month about experiences as an AAPI student journalist

Featured in the University of Texas at Austin's Moody College of Communication about experiences & passion as a journalism student.

Featured in the University of Texas at Austin's Moody College of Communication about experiences & passion as a journalism student.

  • "The first generation thinks about survival; the ones that follow tell the stories."

    Hua Hsu