My schooling was completed at Beaconhouse School System. Thereafter, I was a student of Pre-Medical at BAMM PECHS College For Women. By the time I completed my college education, it was obvious to me that I should pursue English literature for my university education, as I had always been primarily interested in poetry and story-telling. I completed my Honors degree in English literature and linguistics, and my Masters degree in English literature from the Department of English, University of Karachi. My education at my department was complemented by my subsidiary courses of Psychology and Sociology, and together they have helped me to develop an intellectual and artistic understanding of life. My MPhil thesis titled “The Fictions of Pakistani Muslims: Representing Islam, Muslims, and Pakistan Post 9/11” deals with the issues of misrepresentation in literature, how Muslims have suffered because of that, and how we can emerge from that manipulative matrix. Moreover, through my pedagogic engagements, I have learnt to forward my understanding to my students as well.
My areas of research include: postcolonialism, specifically decolonization, imperialism, colonialism, mimicry, ambivalence, hybridity, appropriation, racism. Also, Iqbaliyat, thematic changes in poetry, and literary theory.
I am an ardent teacher of World literature and English language at Iqra University North Campus. I hail from a family background rooted in literary, political and intellectual pursuits, and so literature, language, philosophy, politics, psychology and sociology have always been important domains in my life. I have been teaching different courses of English at university-level since 2016. In my World literature course specifically, with the help of various literary texts, I have had the opportunity to discuss many aspects of human life, including the meaning of human existence, the importance of spirituality, and navigating our way through the various (psychological, emotional, spiritual) challenges we all face in our lives. In my language courses like Communications skills and Functional English, I have had the chance to teach my students how acquiring language is
*Translated a literary essay of Muhammad Hasan Askari from Urdu to English which included
footnotes for the readers assistance. It was published in Islamic Research Academys research
journal named Tehsil in 2018.
*The following contributions were published in a bilingual literary magazine, Zau:
1. Research paper: Elizabeth Bennet and Her Quest for Uniformity, 2016.
2. Poem: “Smile” in 2013.
3. Poem: “You Again” in 2013.
The following contributions were published in English department’s literary magazine, The
Falconer:
1. Poem: “A Barren Destiny” in 2021.
2. Poem: “If Only…” in 2022.
