Aryana is a PhD Candidate at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at The Australian National University.

Aryana is researching cultural and feminist approaches to power and global peace and security, focusing on the Central Asian region and Afghanistan, in particular. Her current work focuses on women-led resistance movements in Afghanistan in the post-2021 context.

Aryana is currently a Radio Producer at ABC and has worked more than eight years in the journalism industry as a journalist and reporter for commercial media organisations and as a radio announcer and news producer for community radio stations based in Queensland.

She has published numerous articles and audio stories for various media analysing local and international political events including about refugee and migrant experiences in Australia, women’s resistance in Afghanistan, Indigenous leadership and rights in Australia and the impacts of war on diaspora communities.