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.[ citation needed]
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]
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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.[ citation needed]
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]
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