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Sahir Shafiq was born in 1980 in the Khanewal district. After receiving his early education from his village, he moved to District Multan. He did his master’s and doctorate in Urdu from Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. He is working as an Assistant Professor of Urdu at Govt. Graduate College, Dunyapur, Punjab, Pakistan. Sahir Shafiq started his creative writing journey during his school years. Now, he has five books on his credit: four poetry collections, including prose poems and haiku: Sard Mosam Mein Dhoop (Sunshine in Cold Weather) in 2000, Gypsum (Gypsum, 2005), Kaya (Appearance, 2007), and Khud Kashi Ka Dawat Nama (An Invitation to Commit Suicide, 2010). His only short story collection is Akely Logon Ka Hujoom (A Crowd of Lonely People, 2010). He is currently working on his debut novel. Recently, he has founded Khalid Saeed Translation Society, which has produced a plethora of translations of other languages to Urdu.

My Hair Is Not Dark Black — SHORT STORY 𝒃𝒚 Sahir Shafiq

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  • Sahir Shafiq - Urdu Writer - Urdu Fictionist

    Sahir Shafiq was born in 1980 in the Khanewal district. After receiving his early education from his village, he moved to District Multan. He did his master’s and doctorate in Urdu from Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. He is working as an Assistant Professor of Urdu at Govt. Graduate College, Dunyapur, Punjab, Pakistan. Sahir Shafiq started his creative writing journey during his school years. Now, he has five books on his credit: four poetry collections, including prose poems and haiku: Sard Mosam Mein Dhoop (Sunshine in Cold Weather) in 2000, Gypsum (Gypsum, 2005), Kaya (Appearance, 2007), and Khud Kashi Ka Dawat Nama (An Invitation to Commit Suicide, 2010). His only short story collection is Akely Logon Ka Hujoom (A Crowd of Lonely People, 2010). He is currently working on his debut novel. Recently, he has founded Khalid Saeed Translation Society, which has produced a plethora of translations of other languages to Urdu.

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  • Rehan Islam - Urdu Translator - Urdu Writer

    Muhammad Rehan, who uses Rehan Islam as his pen-name, is from Multan, Pakistan. After doing his M.Phil in English Literature, he studied Chinese Language, Culture, and Literature for two years in China. After his return, he worked as a Chinese Interpreter for some time. Presently, he is a lecturer in English at Govt. Graduate College, Dunyapur, Punjab, Pakistan. He has translated the stories of Chinese Nobel Laureate Mo Yan as Mo Yan Ki Kahaniyan (2023), and Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami’s South of the Border, West of the Sun as “Sarhad Kay Par Sooraj Say Paray” (2024) into Urdu under the banner of the Khalid Saeed Translation Society. He has also published Urdu translations of various English short stories in Urdu literary journals.

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My_Hair_Is_Not_Dark_Black_by_Shair_Shafiq_Urdu_Fiction_Urdu_Short_Story

Since she was unable to fulfil her dream, she had been a housewife for the past twenty years. She was forty years old and had no children.