Amina Kayani

Amina Kayani (she/her) is a queer muhajir writer from Atlanta based in Chicago. She edits Anathema: Spec from the Margins, and her writing can be found at aminakayani.com or on her substack, if haunting is a hunger (aminakayani.substack.com).

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A snowy mountain with steps carved nto its rock face. At the peak, a massive white wolf sits, eyes closed and jaw agape as though grinning

Personal Essay

Sitting the month: Playing Röki with my mother after giving birth

A story of the ways long-held traditions can still surprise us and reveal us to one another

Amina Kayani Sep 8, 2026

Big Walk sound designer Em Halberstadt on capturing its wild Australian soundscape

Sitting the month: Playing Röki with my mother after giving birth

What games will help me heal from gamer burnout?

Sitting the month: Playing Röki with my mother after giving birth