yasmin alrabiei
writer and researcher

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yasminalrabiei@gmail.com
london
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about
Yasmin Alrabiei is an Iraqi writer and researcher based in London. With a background in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, her work bridges the worlds of scientific inquiry and cultural memory - challenging the Western, academic impulse to separate the two by honouring that intersection.
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Her writing often explores the psychological imprints of memory-building across distant geographies, and the neural architecture of nostalgia, treating memory as a sensory and narrative terrain. Through both personal and speculative forms, she investigates how memory is stored, ritualised and ultimately transferred as a living pulse.
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Alongside her creative practice, Yasmin works commercially as a researcher specialising in user experience, behavioural economics, and cultural insight. Her clients include Adidas, The Science Museum, Virgin Atlantic, Microsoft, Co-op, L'Oréal, and others.
writing
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Cose Journal Print Issue 03: Sink
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Dazed MENA Print Issue 02: Nightlife, Ritual, and Performance,
The rise of Iraqi Gamer Girls
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ICON MAGAZINE Print Issue 06: Shadow Play, Soft Miracles: Jude Samman and the Grand Illusion of Home, and what it Feels like
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ICON Magazine Print Issue 05: Blank Canvas, My Name Is: The Power, Politics, and Poetry of our Names
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Dazed MENA Unpacking the kitsch cyber aesthetic of WhatsApp aunties greetings
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Dazed MENA Limbs of the Lunar Disc reimagines ancestral justice across collapsing timelines
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MILLE WORLD How Suez Studio Is Reviving the Artisanal Craft of Khayamiya
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digital
anthology and journal
The Hajar Book of Rage (elements 1 - fire)
Publishing 30th October 2025
Hajar Press
'The Preliminary Flame before a Kiss', my contribution to The Hajar Book of Rage, will appear in the first volume of Hajar Press’s elemental anthology series exploring fire, water, earth, and air. Preorders are now open through Waterstones and Amazon.