Muneeza Shamsie

Who is Muneeza Shamsie?

Muneeza Shamsie is a Pakistani writer. She was born in Lahore, Pakistan and educated in England at Wispers School. She is daughter of the writer Jahanara Habibullah, author of a memoir. Zindagi Ki Yadein: Riyasat Rampur Ka Nawabi Daur.

Shamsie lives in Karachi and served two terms as the Regional Chairperson of the Commonwealth Writers Prize in 2010 and 2011. She is the Bibliographer for the Journal of Commonwealth Literature Journal of Commonwealth Literature, and was Guest Editor of The Journal of Postcolonial Writing "Special Issue: Literature, Violence and Politics in Pakistan" Vol 47 No. 2 May 2011. She has also contributed to several other scholarly publications including Archiv fur der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen, Commonwealth Essays and Studies and the online The Literary Encyclopedia, and The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Fiction.

She is a regular contributor to the Dawn newspaper, Herald and Newsline magazines on literary affairs. She is also on the editorial board of Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies.

Shamsie has spoken about Pakistani English literature at many literary forums, conferences and seminars. Her short fiction has appeared in various anthologies and The Toronto Review and Nephra. She is a founding member of a Karachi hospital the Kidney Centre and Life member of the Association of Children with Emotional and Learning Problems