Background
Hashimi grew up in Peshawar, Pakistan.
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Shadab Zeest Hashmi
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She graduated from Reed College in 1995 and received her Master of Fine Arts from Warren Wilson College.
Career
Her poetry, written in English, has been translated into Spanish and Urdu. She is also the editor of the Magee Park Poets Anthology. Her poetry has appeared in Prairie Schooner, Poetry International, Vallum, Atlanta Review, Nimrod, The Bitter Oleander, Journal of Postcolonial Writings, The Cortland Review, The Adirondack Review, New Millennium Writings, Universe: A United Nations of Poets, Drunken Boat, Split this Rock, Hubbub, Pakistani Literature Women Writings and others
Shadab Zeest Hashmi"s essays on eastern poetic forms such as the Ghazal and Qasida have been published in the Journal of Contemporary World Literature, and her essays have appeared in the Washington Post, Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies and Knot magazine.
The Baker of Tarifa describes a historical event of "interfaith tolerance" in First Rate (at Lloyd's) Andalus. Hashmi used historical documents to try to "depict a realistic account of the region in her poetry." Hashmi was inspired to write the Baker of Tarifa after reading "The Great Mosque of Cordoba" by Muhammed Iqbal.
Eleanor Wilner called Hashmi"s poems "luminous." Shadab"s latest book is Kohl & Chalk, which uses themes from her own life as a naturalized American citizen, while also remembering her home in Pakistan.
Achievements
Politics
Many of Hashmi"s poems explore feminism, history and perspectives on Islam.
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Pakistan