[[wikipedia:Image:AsiaAlfasi.png|thumb|250px|Asia Alfasi (right) and a friend at the Bristol International Comic Expo.|]] Asia Alfasi (born April 20, 1984) is a Libyan-British manga-influenced comic writer and artist. She was born in Libya and moved to Scotland at the age of 7. Since then, she has relocated to Birmingham, England, and lives there to this day. Her works focus around a synthesis of her exposure to Islamic, Libyan, British and Japanese influences. She first gained notoriety when she was the first female to participate in and win the Hi8us Midlands Stripsearch competition with a portfolio based around her character Monir.