Muminah is an exceptional young leader whose influence in Scotland’s creative and civic spaces continues to grow. She brings a much-needed voice to Scottish public life, rooted in creativity, community, and commitment to social justice and inclusion.

A Nigerian-British Muslim, multi-award-winning writer, content creator, journalist and advocate, Muminah graduated from Edinburgh University with a Computer Science and Maths degree. She’s since pivoted into media and the literary arts, where she uses storytelling to explore identity, culture, and amplify the voices of Black and Muslim women.

Muminah founded and hosts Sister Station, a podcast with a global audience spanning 12+ countries, alongside an open mic that provides a digital platform for Muslim and BPOC women to connect and share their creativity. Furthermore, her work has appeared in Black Ballad and Friday Magazine, and she was shortlisted for the 2024 New2theScene Poetry Competition. She’s also a member of Pass the Mic’s 2025 Writers’ programme, tackling the underrepresentation of women of colour in Scottish media, and a fellow of the Black British Book Festival’s “Fi Wi Time” Creative Nonfiction programme, having published a short story in their inaugural anthology. 

She’s performed poetry at renowned literary events, including the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and her contributions to the literary scene and creative community earned her recognition, including the 2025 Young Scot Award for Culture & Entertainment, MCM Comic Con Scholarship for creatives, and the Black Scottish Awards’ Creative of the Year.

Muminah has worked with various organisations, including the Young Women’s Movement (YWM), Intercultural Youth Scotland, Glasgow Museums Intercultural Youth Group, #iWill Movement, and YouthLink Scotland. As an alumna of YWM’s 2024 Young Women Lead Programme, she co-designed a report focused on young women’s political participation. Since then, she’s represented YWM locally at the Scottish Parliament and internationally at the European YWCA 2025 Study Session in Hungary and the European Women Lobby’s 2025 AGORA Summer Camp in Brussels, furthering efforts toward gender equality and peacebuilding.

Muminah doesn’t just take up space – she transforms it. She embodies the spirit of what 30 Under 30 should celebrate: purpose-driven innovation, bold creativity, and a commitment to collective empowerment.