
Mehlaqa is a London-based periodontist, researcher, chef, writer and editor. She hosts supper clubs that spotlight seasonal produce, reinterpreted through traditions and techniques from her Pakistani heritage and Irish upbringing. She is the editor-in-chief of Wataan, an online and print publication exploring themes of home in its many iterations and her stories have appeared in Bia Zine, Chicken and Bread Zine, Toothsome Magazine and Vittles.