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. Her short fiction has been longlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award.

She co-founded IMAN Research in 2015m and played several roles such as fundraiser, executive director, while building a body of fieldwork on religion, security and belonging across Southeast Asia. She also co-founded the Southeast Asian Women Peacebuilders Network. She is also part of the Hibiscus Collective,

Her current work traces the histories 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 the founder of 117 Holdings, the Kuala Lumpur company through which she now works — research and advisory, and film and audio production under 117 Films.

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, to name a few.