Core Team

Sabin Muzaffar

Founder and Executive Editor

Sabin Muzaffar is the Founder and Executive Editor of Ananke Magazine, a Dubai-based new media and development platform that fosters inclusive, intersectional conversations in the digital sphere. With a vision to democratize access to knowledge and representation, Ananke serves as a catalyst for social impact through storytelling, advocacy, and capacity building.

In 2021, Sabin expanded her mission by founding Ananke’s Women in Literature Foundation, an initiative focused on empowering writers and publishers across the Global South. The foundation creates space for underrepresented voices and actively contributes to reimagining and diversifying the global literary landscape.

With over 25+ years of experience in journalism, content development, and publishing, Sabin is a recognized expert in the media industry. Her professional journey spans a range of prestigious roles with international organizations, including Gulf News, Khaleej Times, BBVA OpenMind, ITP Publishing, DAWN (Pakistan), The News International, SPIDER Magazine, SHE Magazine, International Women’s Initiative, PakWired, Bayzat, Calcus, and many more.

Beyond journalism, Sabin has actively championed women’s economic empowerment. She served as a UN Women Empower Women Global Champion (2015–2017) and a Cherie Blair Foundation Mentor (2017–2018). She has mentored and trained over 100 girls and young women from across the Global South—spanning Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Belarus, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Egypt, Morocco, Malawi, China, the Bahamas, and the UAE—in the areas of digital media, online advocacy, and strategic communication. Her mentees have received distinguished accolades such as MIT Solver, Mandela Rhodes Scholar, Mandela Washington Fellow, and fellowships at institutions like the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.

Sabin’s visionary leadership at Ananke has also birthed a unique digital internship and capacity-building program—an inclusive initiative offering safe digital spaces and remote learning opportunities. Participants engage in virtual training on media, advocacy, AI, ICTs, and data journalism. Ananke collaborates with global experts and institutions such as the London School of Economics’ JournalismAI, IBM, Pollicy.org, The Gender Security Project, Media Matters for Democracy, Yoda Press, WomenInTechPK, and others to deliver high-impact workshops and power talks designed for the future of work.

Currently, Sabin serves as an Advisor to WomenInTechPK, one of Pakistan’s largest global women-in-tech communities.

Her leadership and advocacy have earned Ananke multiple accolades, including two nominations by the World Summit on Information Society Prizes (2019 & 2020). Under her stewardship, Ananke is also a Generation Equality Commitment Maker with the UN’s Action Coalitions.

Sabin was selected among 20 leading journalists from the EMEA region for the JournalismAI Academy for Small Newsrooms—a collaboration between the London School of Economics and Google News Initiative. She is also an International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) Fellow, and a sought-after speaker, having shared her insights at top-tier global events and institutions, including Cambridge University, LSE, and most recently, NYU Abu Dhabi, where she was invited to present her work with Ananke.

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Namrata

Director- Operations and Editor 

Namrata is the founder of Keemiya Creatives, a literary consultancy, and Bookbots India, a book marketing firm. She hosts The Bookbot Theory podcast, South Asia’s only podcast on book marketing among other podcasts, and serves as the editor of Kitaab, a Singapore-based South Asian literary magazine. A UEA alumna, she has also studied travel writing at the University of Sydney.

Namrata’s work, exploring themes of travel, relationships, and gender, has appeared in Scroll, Feminism in India, The Friday Times, Contemporary South Asia (King’s College London), and Asian Review of Books. She is the author of two short story collections and is currently working on her debut novel. She also writes a weekly column, Between the Lines, where she examines South Asian literature in a wider cultural and literary context.

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Collaborating Partners

Ananke is proud to be a partner of different agencies, non-profits as well as renowned Human Rights advocates including Mandy Sanghera, Gladys Muthara, Liz Guantai, Mary Mshai, Faiza Yousuf, Mehr F Husain, Kirthi Jayakumar.

Past Team Members

Nuzhat Nisar

Offshore Editorial Manager in Pakistan

Nuzhat is an academic writer, editor, and translator. She is currently associated with Paramount Books as an editor, working on school textbooks and curricula. Apart from being an avid reader and book reviewer, her interests include flash fiction, short stories, and literary translation, aiming to make literature accessible to all.

She studied Urdu, Mass Communication, and Education at the University of Karachi and has a Master’s in Political Science. She believes in promoting regional languages and equal opportunities for women in education. Her works and views have been published on various platforms including Ananke, Net Galley, Independent Urdu, Hamara Internet, Hum Sub, and Urdu News.

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Melanie Bublyk

Ananke’s Human Rights Advisor

Melanie was chosen as an Empower Women Global Champion for Women’s Economic Empowerment 2015/2016 and has also worked as an Empower Women Mentor 2016-2017. In addition to working with Seeds Theatre Group in Papua New Guinea, she is dedicated to advancing Women’s Rights.

Previously the Editor-at-Large, at Ananke, Melanie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Community Development, and a Master’s degree in Human Rights from Curtin University’s Centre for Human Rights Education in Perth, Western Australia, and received two letters of commendation for the same.

Chiamaka Adinnu

Ananke’s Offshore Correspondent in Nigeria

Chiamaka is a Food Scientist who’s passionate about gender advocacy and journalism. She has over 5 years of experience in high-level research and academic writing, with several awards to her name. Her work is focused on addressing issues relating to food insecurity and gender inequality and so, writes a monthly column on food insecurity.

A contemporary youth activist and gender advocate, she currently writes for Ananke’s digital platform and also volunteers with several non-profit organizations in rendering services to humanity. Chiamaka is also a voracious reader of all things book, in order to make for an informed opinion in her writings. As a long-term goal, she aims to engrave her name in the sands of time through her various writings.

Rochelle Dean

Regional Programme Manager – Americas (Programs, Partnerships & Special Projects)

Rochelle is a certified project consultant and management consultant professional. Her path of study is economics with a focus on international development having co-chaired the indicators task force for the United Nation’s Beyond 2015 Campaign for the SDGs. She is an advocate for democratic processes and was the sole contributor to the amendments to the Fiscal Responsibility Act 2018, a bill hailed as the best policy decision by the Bahamas in decades by Moody’s.

A former intern with the Borgen Project Rochelle has a passion for writing and the integration of legislative policy. She is a former columnist with the Tribune News Network where she wrote the series, Poverty Alleviation from an economic standpoint. She joined the team at Ananke as a Senior Foreign Correspondent.

Claire Dangalan

Contributor

Claire is an experienced writer and editor who has worked for prestigious media groups such as Gulf News and Friday Magazine. Previously a Features Editor at Ananke, Claire, is a consummate lover of the arts, especially literature. She taught Cultural Anthropology, Sociology, Humanities, and Literature back in the Philippines. She currently freelances as a copywriter, ghostwriter, web content writer, blogger, and editor.

Her interests, aside from writing, include the environment, health and fitness, culinary arts, social issues / social justice, studies on worldview, and “unprofessional photography.” Claire is currently on a hiatus and contributes off and on to different human rights activities organized by Ananke.

Inclusion and diversity are at the heart of Ananke, fueling a team of brilliant thinkers and bold change-makers.