Heeba Din is a media studies researcher and academician with a PhD in Political Cartoons in Kashmir. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Mass Communication and Journalism at the Islamic University of Science and Technology, Kashmir. Her body of research encompasses Emerging Graphic Narratives, the Role of Music in Conflict, the Visual Power of Iconic Images, Media and Diasporic Identities, Third Gender Representation in Bollywood, and Gender Disparity in Kashmir’s local press. Her current focus spans New Media, Comic Journalism, Visual Anthropology, and Cultural Studies.
Born and brought up in Kashmir, Heeba is passionate about documenting the collective memory of Kashmir as shaped by various media narratives.