Dina Zaman is a writer and researcher whose work sits at the intersection of culture, belief, and memory in Southeast Asia.

She is the author of four books — I Am Muslim, Holy Men, Holy Women, King of the Sea, and Malayland — and the co-founder of IMAN Research, a think tank examining socio-political realities in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. Her short fiction has been longlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award.

Her current work traces the histories that Malaysia has not quite decided to remember — African slaves in Terengganu, the East Coast's royal courts, the quiet violence of class among the Malays. She is represented by Sivagurunathan & Chua Literary Agency.

She holds an MA in Creative Writing from Lancaster University, taken on a British High Commission Chevening award, and has written for Malaysiakini and The Star, with broadcast work for the BBC and Al Jazeera.

She is the founder of 117 Holdings, a Kuala Lumpur advisory and creative company working across advisory and film production.