Shadab Zeest Hashmi
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Shadab Zeest Hashmi is a poet from Pakistan. She graduated from Reed College
in 1995 and received her MFA from Warren Wilson
. She has been published in New Millennium Writings, Hubbub, Poetry Conspiracy, The Bitter Oleander, Nimrod International and Pakistani Literature and in 2010 released her first poetry collection through Poetic Matrix Press, Baker of Tarifa. It explores Islam, feminism, and politics and has been well reviewed. One review writes that "Ms Hashmi made herself a part of an essentially feminist tradition of Pakistani writing in English while striking a wonderfully fresh note."
Reed College
Reed College is a private, independent, liberal arts college located in southeast Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1908, Reed is a residential college with a campus located in Portland's Eastmoreland neighborhood, featuring architecture based on the Tudor-Gothic style, and a forested canyon wilderness...
in 1995 and received her MFA from Warren Wilson
Warren Wilson
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. She has been published in New Millennium Writings, Hubbub, Poetry Conspiracy, The Bitter Oleander, Nimrod International and Pakistani Literature and in 2010 released her first poetry collection through Poetic Matrix Press, Baker of Tarifa. It explores Islam, feminism, and politics and has been well reviewed. One review writes that "Ms Hashmi made herself a part of an essentially feminist tradition of Pakistani writing in English while striking a wonderfully fresh note."
Awards
- 1991 — SAARC medal for literature
- 2004 — Stout Award
- 2007 — Andalusia Prize for Literature