[1] Atiq holds a PhD in Media and Creative Industries from the United Arab Emirates University and is the co-founder of the Untitled Chapters, a collective of female Emirati writers.

In 2015, She was named the "Best Performer" by Rooftop Rhythms[3] and won the Abu Dhabi Music and Art Foundation Creativity award for her poem "An Open Letter to Cancer" in 2017.

She studied at United Arab Emirates University, where she obtained her master's degree in International Relations and Diplomacy, and more recently her PhD in Media and Creative Industries.

At a young age, Afra Atiq started writing poems in different languages such as Arabic, English, and French.

[7] Over the past few years, Atiq has presented her work on various regional and international platforms including the Emirates Airline Literature Festival, STEP Music Festival, Sheraa Sharjah, TED-X Fujairah, and the Art Center of New York University in Abu Dhabi.