Muriel N. Kahwagi is a writer and curator, working primarily across publishing and programming. Her research is centered on the politics of collecting and archiving the performative; and the act of listening as a form of preservation in and of itself. In 2023, she was the TD Curatorial Fellow at Art Windsor-Essex, and a curator as part of Vtape’s Curatorial Incubator, v.19. Her writing has been published in Sociology Lens, Artists Alliance Inc., and Rusted Radishes. She is currently the Associate Curator at Contemporary Calgary, and a member of the board of the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Center (CFMDC).