Author Bios:
Laila Kazmi is a freelance writer and the founder of Jazbah.org. Laila's articles have been published in The Seattle Times, Dawn, The Seattle Post Intelligencer, Pakistan Link, Colorlines, ColorsNW, openDemocracy.net, and other Internet publications. A list of Laila's published work is available at: http://www.lailakazmi.com. |
Shabina Nishat Omar is a gold medalist in English Literature from the University of Calcutta at the levels of both M.A. and M.Phil. Her dissertation is entitled Shakespearean Comedy: A Subversive Celebration of Life. She has also written a book entitled A Study of Virgil’s Aeneid. Her special areas of interest include American literature, Gender Studies, Feminism and Cultural studies and she has returned from the USA in 2003 after being invited for an educational exchange program as a delegate visitor for the International Visitors Program organized under the auspices of the U.S. Government Department of State. She is an avid participant in seminars and conferences. She has been attached in the past as Lecturer in English with St. Xavier’s College and Lady Brabourne College, Calcutta. At present she is working as Acting Principal in Milli Al-Ameen College (affiliated to University of Calcutta) where she also heads the Department of English.
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