Mariam is an Egyptian-American freelance writer and cultural critic based in Los Angeles. She has worked with social impact organizations through The Goldhirsh Foundation and freelanced for arts and culture publications.

Her work has appeared in GQ Middle East, Rolling Stone MENA, Flaunt Magazine, and more.

She is a Norman Topping scholar, Edith Bruce Boas scholarship awardee, and an ADC Dr. Jack G. Shaheen scholarship recipient. Her work typically reports on film and music, with a particular interest in its cultural intersections with Middle Eastern and Indigenous communities.