Fatimah Asghar is a screen writer, poet, and performer. She is best known for writing and co-creating the web series Brown Girls, an Emmy-nominated web series that highlights friendships between women of color. ^[2]

Her work has appeared in many journals, including but not limited to *Poetry Magazine * , ^[20]*Gulf Coast * , BuzzFeed Reader , ^[19]Academy of American Poets, [18]The Margins, ^[18] and The Offing. ^[21]Her work has been featured on new outlets like PBS, ^[5] NPR, TIME, Teen Vogue, ^[23] Huffington Post, ^[22]and others.

In 2011 she created a spoken word poetry group in Bosnia and Herzegovina called REFLEKS while on a Fulbright studying theater in post-genocidal countries. She is a member of the Dark Room Collective. Her chapbook After ** came out on Yes Yes Books fall 2015.

She wrote Brown Girls, a comedy series revolved around the friendship of two women of color. The first episode of the show premiered in February 2017. ^[7]

In 2015, Asghar delivered a TED Talk entitled "We Own All the Language in the World" where she delivered some spoken word aimed to teach others to be more open and get a fresh perspective from a woman of color. ^[26]

Asghar is a 2017 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship recipient, and a Kundiman Fellow.

In November 2017, Asghar and co-creator of Brown Girls Sam Bailey were listed in the Forbes 30 Under 30; they were recognized in the 'Hollywood & Entertainment' category. ^[9]