Durkhanai Ayubi is an Afghan born writer and restaurateur, arriving to Australia in 1987. She is a lifelong Fellow of the Oxford University based Atlantic Fellowship, which seeks to rewrite global social inequities. She is author of Parwana: Recipes and Stories from an Afghan Kitchen, published to global acclaim, winning awards in the UK and the US. Her work has been featured in publications globally, including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera, the BBC, and beyond.