Alia Ayman is a doctoral candidate in socio-cultural anthropology at New York University where she is writing a dissertation on decoloniality, difference and the global circulation of documentary images. She is a cofounder of the Cairo-based Zawya Cinema and an independent film and moving image curator who has worked with Berlinale Forum, The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), BlackStar Film Festival, Flaherty NYC and Images Festival, among others.