Shadab Zeest Hashmi

Shadab Zeest Hashmi (born August 16, 1972) is an American poet of Pakistani origins. Her poetry, written in English, has been translated into Spanish and Urdu.[1] She has been the editor of the Magee Park Poets Anthology and MahMag and is a columnist for 3 Quarks Daily.[2] Many of Hashmi's poems explore feminism, history and perspectives on Islam.

Biography

Shadab Zeest Hashmi grew up in Peshawar, Pakistan.[3] She graduated from Reed College in 1995[3] and received her MFA from Warren Wilson College.[4] Her poetry has appeared in Prairie Schooner,[5] Poetry International, Vallum, Atlanta Review,[6] Nimrod, The Bitter Oleander,[2] Journal of Postcolonial Writings,[7] The Cortland Review, The Adirondack Review, New Millennium Writings, Universe: A United Nations of Poets, Drunken Boat, Split this Rock,[8] Hubbub,[2] Pakistani Literature Women Writings[9] and others.[10]

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,[11] and her essays have appeared in the Washington Post, Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies, Knot magazine,[12] and "3 Quarks Daily"[13] In 2010, Poetic Matrix Press published Shadab Zeest Hashmi's book Baker of Tarifa, which won the 2011 San Diego Book Award for poetry.[14]

Baker of Tarifa is a book of poems based on the history of Muslim Spain; it attempts to recreate a near millennium of Andalusi culture which transformed Western thought, values, art science and technology, building a legend of peaceful co-existence known as "la convivencia". The work looks at Muslim Civilization as a bridge between antiquity and modernity, East and West, between three continents (Africa, Asia, and Europe) and three religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam); a golden chapter not only in Muslim and European history, but human history. [15] Shadab Zeest Hashmi has been inspired by the music of the Al-Andalus Ensemble.

Eleanor Wilner called Hashmi's poems "luminous."[16] 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.[3]

Works

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Awards

References

  1. 1 2 Waqar, Arif (22 March 2015). "Writing Ghazal in English". The News on Sunday. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Turkovich, Marilyn (2 January 2012). "Shadab Zeest Hashmi: Call to Prayer". Voices: Compassion Education. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Donahue, Bill (June 2011). "Between Two Worlds". Reed Magazine. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Hashmi, Shadab Zeest (2010). "Notes for my Husband". Pakistaniaat. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Hashmi, Shadab Zeest (2014). "Ghazal: Tangle (Poem)". Prairie Schooner. 88 (2): 23. Retrieved 18 January 2016 – via EBSCO. (subscription required (help)).
  6. ↑ Hashmi, Shadab Zeest (2014). "Qasida Sequence for Peshawar (Poem)". Atlanta Review. 20 (2): 29–30. Retrieved 18 January 2016 – via EBSCO. (subscription required (help)).
  7. ↑ Hashmi, Shadab Zeest (2011-05-01). "Gunga Din's Revenge; She breaks her fast with a pinch of salt; Bilingual". Journal of Postcolonial Writing. 47 (2): 240–242. doi:10.1080/17449855.2011.557254. ISSN 1744-9855.
  8. ↑ Hashmi, Shadab. "Ghazal For The Ninth Month". Split This Rock. Split This Rock. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Women Writers Achieved Exceptional Prominence". The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan). 5 March 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  10. ↑ Staff, Harriet. "HuffPo Presents Eight Emerging Poets and Fiction Writers". Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  11. ↑ Hashmi, Shadab. "The Ghazal: Expressing the Inexpressible". Contemporary World Literature. Contemporary World Literature. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  12. ↑ Hashmi, Shadab. "Silk Road Qasida". Knot Magazine. Knot Magazine. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  13. ↑ Hashmi, Shadab. "Ghazal, Sufism, and the Birth of a Language". 3 Quarks Daily. 3 Quarks Daily. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  14. 1 2 "Poem of the Day: "Guantanamo" by Shadab Zeest Hashmi". San Diego Free Press. 13 April 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  15. ↑ Rauf, Saleha (21 February 2015). "LLF: 'Study the Past in Context to Learn From It'". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  16. ↑ Hashmi, Shadab (2010). Baker of Tarifa. Poetic Matrix.
  17. ↑ "Iman". Retrieved 2016-07-31.

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