Ishrat Afreen
(Pakistan, 1956)
Ishrat Afreen is an Urdu poet and women’s rights activist, named one of the five …
Sascha Aurora Akhtar
(Pakistan, 1976)
Sascha Aurora Akhtar was born in Pakistan, and was educated there and in the USA. Her …
Aamer Hussein
(Pakistan, 1955)
Aamer Hussein was born in Karachi and after a short period studying in India moved to …
Kishwar Naheed
(India, 1940)
Kishwar Naheed is an Urdu poet from Pakistan known primarily as a pioneering feminist …
Zehra Nigah
(Pakistan, 1937)
Zehra Nigah was born into a literary family on 14th May 1937 in Hyderabad, …
Sophia Pandeya
(Pakistan, 1964)
Sophia Pandeya conceives of her poetry as an aerial root, carrying with it the depth …
Shazea Quraishi
(Pakistan, 1964)
Shazea Quraishi is one of a number of younger black and Asian women poets currently …
Sara Shagufta
(Pakistan, 1954–1984)
Sara Shagufta is an enigmatic character in Pakistani literary history. There are …
 
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