Fahmida Riaz
Writer
Fahmida Riaz (1945–2018) was a Progressive Pakistani Urdu poet, writer, translator, and human-rights activist. Born in Meerut in pre-Partition India, and raised in Karachi, Pakistan, Riaz established herself as a Marxist feminist activist, poet and truth-teller in a conservative and authoritarian landscape. Riaz was associated with the historic left-wing Progressive Writers Association. Influenced by Sufi thought and Marxist class politics, her oeuvre—consisting of poetry collections, translations from Persian and English, and prose writings—is deeply concerned with social justice and global issues. She also worked as a broadcaster for Radio Pakistan and with BBC Urdu radio service in London.
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