Islam is a Sudanese blogger and social media specialist. She is a founding partner of the "Sudanese Bloggers Without Borders" network in 2010. She writes articles for the " aliqtisadi.com ", and is a human rights activist and a member of the "Social Media Sudan Club". Islam holds a Bachelor's degree in Administrative Sciences from the Open University of Sudan (2014), and a certificate in Statistical Data Analysis from the World Bank. She has experience in marketing, advertising, exhibitions and conferences and she worked in the Arabian Gulf (Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates), Egypt and Sudan. Islam participated in launching many initiatives, including: Are you still standing there? The American Technology Sanctions Initiative on the Sudan, and the Public Speech Feminization Initiative. She won the award for the best academic article from "Al-Ghad Institute" on "How to use big data to improve public transportation" and the award for best director from "Yes Academy".