Samina Yasmeen

Samina Yasmeen AM is a specialist in political and strategic development in South Asia and the role of Islam in world politics. She has published articles on the position of Pakistani and Middle Eastern women, the role of Muslims in Australia, and India–Pakistan relations.

Samina Yasmeen
Born1950
Pakistan
NationalityAustralia
Known forwriting

Life

Yasmeen was born in 1950.

Yasmeen and the poet Zal Saadi

Her research focuses on the role of Islamic groups in Pakistan's foreign policy. On Australian and international media, she is a regular commentator on issues relating to Islam, Pakistan, and Muslim immigrants in Pakistan.[1]

Samina Yasmeen is from a literary family in Pakistan. Her mother Begum Sarfraz Iqbal[2] was a prominent littérateur of Pakistan, and a road in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan is named after her in recognition of her contribution to literature.[3]

She was appointed to the Council for Multicultural Australia in August 2011.[4]

References
  1. "Samina Yasmeen". The Conversation. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  2. Yasmeen, Samina. "A Mothers' Day blog from Samina Yasmeen". abc.net.au. ABC. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  3. Google, Maps. "Begum Sarfraz Iqbal Road". Google.com. Google, Inc. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  4. "Speech to the Australian Multicultural Council Launch, Canberra". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia). 22 August 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
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