Assiya Majgan Amini is a doctoral candidate, artist, filmmaker and the co-founder of Afghan Academy International. She has initiated a range of interactive projects and platforms designed to promote peace, education, culture, arts and community cohesion. As the founder and curator of the annual Afghan International Peace Conference and Festival, Assiya has established a multi-media platform and discourse, the content of which is accessible and archived online. She hopes to pay tribute to the victims of the war and applaud the resilience of those who have not lost hope with the physical construction of the first Afghan Library and Peace Centre in London.

She is also involved in other projects and recently has won a free residency for her community where she has set up a cultural hub and art gallery with an attached Afghan library.​​