Yalda is an Iranian writer and curator based in the United Arab Emirates. She creates communal spaces of imagination and freedom through exhibitions, programmes and texts developed in close collaboration with artists and practitioners across disciplines. Her work is shaped by a commitment to practices that challenge systems of oppression and foreground liberating ways of seeing, feeling and being. In 2024, she curated In your dreams at Bayt AlMamzar, Dubai. Her writing has appeared in publications including Frieze, ArtReview Asia, ArtAsiaPacific and Canvas. She holds an MA in Curating Contemporary Art from the Royal College of Art, London.