Zahra Haider is a writer from Islamabad, Pakistan, currently based in Montréal. Her work explores state fractures, otherness, nationalism, and identity, particularly in relation to Pakistan and its diaspora.

She has been featured on BBC, CNN, CBC, DW, and VICE, sparking conversations around class, gender, sexuality, and women’s trauma in Pakistan. Her short story, Ajrak and Ashes, was shortlisted for the 2025 Zeenat Haroon Rashid Writing Prize.

She has facilitated writing workshops at the Centre for Gender Advocacy at Concordia University, School of Visual Art and Design at Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, and in Montréal’s Parc-Ex community.

She is a member of Rang Collective and the Quebec Writers’ Federation, and runs the Substack ZERO POINT and podcast Armpit Intellectuals.