Maliha Masood

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Maliha Masood born 1971 is an award-winning writer in creative nonfiction and the author of the travel memoir, Zaatar Days, Henna Nights (Seal Press/2007). A native of Karachi, Pakistan, Maliha moved to the United States at the age of twelve and grew up in Seattle. She's a graduate of the Fletcher School at Tufts University.

She was born in Karachi, Pakistan. She moved to the States at the age of twelve and grew up in the suburbs of Seattle. Fluent in Urdu and French, Maliha studied International Business at the University of Washington and worked as a research analyst in the IT sector for six years before turning towards writing.

Winner of the Jack Straw award in creative non-fiction, Maliha's writings on women, culture and Islam have been featured in Al-Ahram Weekly, Asia Times and the anthologies Voices of Resistance: Muslim Women on War, Faith and Sexuality, Waking up American and Bare your Soul: A Thinking Girl's Guide to Spirituality. Maliha also appeared in and co-wrote a documentary film, Nazrah: A Muslim Woman's Perspective. She is the founder of the cultural theater collective Diwaan.

Maliha did her graduate studies at Tufts University and Harvard, earning her Master's in Law and Diplomacy in May 2004. She briefly worked in Pakistan at the International Crisis Group and the Human Rights Commission, before moving back to the Pacific Northwest. Maliha is currently based in Kirkland, Washington.

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