KULSOOM

Writer. Lawyer. Bird person.

Stories, justice, freedom, and other things worth paying attention to.

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Kulsoom, wearing scrubs and a mask, holding a rescued dove at a bird rescue.

Currently

Writing

Fiction, essays, and selected op-eds — published writing on rights and everything in between.

Film

Screenplays and film projects in various stages of becoming.

Birds

Field notes, photos, and appreciation for creatures better at leaving places than we are.

Things I keep returning to

And ice cream. Always ice cream.

Two blue jays perched together on a lichen-covered branch.

Featured work

Featured work

Small Revolutions

Essay · 2025

Small Revolutions

On everyday acts of resistance and care.

The South Wind

Short Story · In Progress

The South Wind

A coming-of-age story set between two cities.

Under the Same Sky

Screenplay · Development

Under the Same Sky

Two women. One road trip. A lot unsaid.

“Freedom is a practice. Stories help us keep it.”

Some recent sightings

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A blue jay perched among bare winter branches.

A bike basket marked with a freedom message.

Two blue jays sharing the same branch.

A blue jay looking back over a lichen-covered branch.

Kulsoom outdoors, in an embroidered teal dress.

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