16 Facts About Bina Shah

Bina Shah was born on in 1972 and is a Pakistani writer, columnist and blogger living in Karachi.

Bina Shah is a Pakistani fiction writer, novelist, journalist, and columnist.

Bina Shah was raised in Virginia as well as Karachi.

Bina Shah is a fellow of the University of Iowa, as an alum of the International Writing Program.

Bina Shah is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Baptist University as an alum of its International Writers Workshop.

Bina Shah is the author of four novels and two collections of short stories.

Bina Shah has been published in English, Italian, French, Spanish, Danish, Chinese, German, Turkish and Vietnamese.

Bina Shah has written for Al Jazeera, The Huffington Post, The Guardian, and The Independent.

Bina Shah writes extensively about Pakistani culture and society, women's rights, girls' education, and issues pertaining to technology, education, and freedom of expression.

Bina Shah has been a frequent guest on the BBC, PRI's The World and NPR.

Bina Shah is a two-time winner of Pakistan's Agahi Awards for excellence in journalism.

Bina Shah donated the award money to the Karam Foundation in aid of Syrian refugees.

In 2022, Bina Shah was presented by the Ambassador of France to Pakistan, Nicolas Galey, with the insignia of a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, an honorary award given by the French government.

Bina Shah's novel was considered noteworthy because it stood out from most Western-centric feminist dystopias, describing a futuristic society in the Middle East where women are forced into polygamous marriages by an authoritarian government in a society ravaged by war and disease.

In 2019 Bina Shah contributed an essay, "The Life and Death of Pakistan's Sabeen Mahmud", about the assassination of Pakistan's beloved human rights activist Sabeen Mahmud, to the anthology Brave New Words: The Power of Writing Now published by Myriad and edited by Susheila Nasta.

Bina Shah has been the recipient of several awards and honors.