Maham Khwaja is a Pakistani-American writer, director, and artist. She received an MFA in Film & Media Arts from the University of Utah and a BA in Film Studies from Emory University. She has worked in feature film and network television production, as well as children’s programming, including Sim Sim Hamara (Sesame Street Pakistan), and is the recipient of the New Voices Award for Lee & Low Books for The Home We Make, a children's poetry book set to be published in fall 2024.

She directed the music video for Woh Umeed Ki Manzil, televised in Pakistan and an Official Selection of IFFSA Toronto, as well as, “Same Story, Different Voices” a short documentary about the Gullah-Geechee community in Sapelo Island. Maham works as an artist in residence with Marquis Studios and Creative Art Works, non-profit organizations working to bring arts access to underserved students in NYC. She is currently developing her first feature, Auntie Express, a story about a boisterous group of Pakistani-American aunties who run a successful food truck, and a mini-series called Ramadan Diaries, a dark comedy set in New York City. Maham currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.