Education
He attended schools in England, Italy and Switzerland, and went to college in Oxford. He received a Doctor of Philosophy in English literature with a thesis on Shakespeare, Machiavelli, and Castiglione.
He attended schools in England, Italy and Switzerland, and went to college in Oxford. He received a Doctor of Philosophy in English literature with a thesis on Shakespeare, Machiavelli, and Castiglione.
His poetry has been published in the United States and the United Kingdom in addition to Pakistan. He often writes articles in the Dawn and other newspapers. His anthology Desert Album (X) was published by Oxford University Press.
Husain has been called the finest Pakistani poet writing in English.
He has said that he aspires to write verse that transcends time and space, rather than specifically Pakistani ethnic poetry.