Maryam Imogen Ghouth is a literary artist who works across written, audio, and visual poetry and prose, exploring themes that blend psychological insights with philosophical musings. Drawing inspiration from science and nature, her work seeks to reconcile some of life’s intimate complexities, including selfhood, the coincidence of opposites, and, in the words of Maria Popova, 'the incomprehensible miracle of being alive'. 

 

The Written Form

Maryam holds a first-class BA (Hons) in Communication, Authoring, and Design from Coventry University, UK. Her writing has appeared in numerous international journals and anthologies such as Sky Island, Last Leaves, and Querencia Press. She is the author and narrator of I Ask My Being: Reflective Poems on Staying True and the recipient of literary awards, most recently first place in the 2025 American Writers Review Award and third place in the 2025 Kingfisher Poetry Prize. Maryam also offers poetry editing for emerging poets, self-discovery writing sessions, and brand writing support for select clients. 

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The Audio Form

Her poetry recordings have been commissioned for award-winning short films such as Under the Sun by Alla Duhl; for immersive soundspaces, including the biophilic-designed residential development by MAG; and for tracks by music composers and producers, such as Arash Behzadi; for guided meditations by wellness practitioners, such as Ruqaya Ahmed; and for bespoke gifts by individuals seeking to share their sentiments with their loved ones.  ​

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The Visual Form

Her poetry films, such as Not Alone, have screened at arthouses such as Akil in Dubai, art weeks such as DIFC Art Night in Dubai, as well as 38 festivals worldwide, including Poetry in Motion, Emirates Film Festival, Sydney Short Film Biennale, New York Awards, and Barcelona Indie, garnering 10 first-place awards and six honourable mentions.

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What Maryam Is Up to Now​

As she awaits feedback on a 220-page book of poems that she'd submitted to literary agents, she is in the early stages of developing a book of humorous poems, an album of meditations drawn from science, an album inspired by Leonard Cohen, and a series of paintings that depict some of her poems. She is also in the final stages of editing a novella about a disgruntled misfit in Dubai, a sci-fi novella about human factory farming, and a collection of lyrical pensées about the sense of self in the context of depersonalisation and derealisation.