Bobuq Sayed is a cultural worker of the Afghan diaspora. They are the author of A Brief History of Australian Terror, a chapbook of essays published by Common Room editions, and No God But Us, a novel on queer migration forthcoming in May 2026 from Harper Books in the United States, Hajar Press in the United Kingdom, and Ultimo Press in Australia and New Zealand.

They were a 2022-23 Steinbeck fellow at San José State University, and they are the co-editor of the Nothing to Hide: Voices of Trans and Gender Diverse Australia (Allen and Unwin).

An award-winning graduate of the University of Miami's MFA program in Creative Writing, they have received support from Creative Australia, Lambda Literary, Tin House, Kundiman, Exchange for Change, the Wheeler Centre, the American Council for Learned Societies, and the VONA/Voices Foundation. Bobuq is represented by Maria Cardona Serra at Aevitas Creative Management.