(n)iki shadloo, born in 1990, is an independent researcher and writer based in Tehran, Iran. She holds a BA and MA in English Language and Literature from IAUCTB. Her cross-disciplinary work bridges literature, cultural studies, and visual art, emphasizing transcultural perspectives and the heterogeneous lived experience of migration. She developed the "Notes Project" — a long-term series of bilingual photo-essays blending reflective writing and snapshot photography through a decolonial lens. The project reframes diaspora as a lived, narrative, and visual practice accessible beyond scholarly discourse.