Essayist and features writer on cities, food and migration.
Chittagong · Manchester
I write long-form features and essays for magazines and newspapers, and teach a small workshop on reported essays.
A few recent pieces. Full clips on request.
For a century the stalls fed the dock workers. Now the docks are gone, and the stalls are feeding the people who replaced them.
The Harbour Review (demo) · March 2025
An essay on memory, measurement and the recipes nobody wrote down.
Northern Quarterly (demo) · November 2024
Families who cook the same dishes in two countries, and how the dishes change.
Weekend Magazine (demo) · June 2024
I grew up between two port cities and have been writing about the people who move between places ever since. My work has been shortlisted for two feature-writing prizes.
2021 – Present
Long-form features, four a year.
2016 – 2021
Local government and food.
“Iman files clean, surprising copy on deadline. A rare combination.”