About Samina Quraeshi
Lived 1944 – 2013 (aged 68–69). Samina Quraeshi was a Pakistani and American writer, photographer and designer.
Samina Quraeshi (1944-2013) was a Pakistani-American educator, designer, artist and author.
Life Quraeshi was raised in Karachi, Pakistan and later lived in Massachusetts.
She is the mother of Sadia Shepard, an author and filmmaker, and Cassim Shepard, a New York-based town planner.
Work As an author she took inspiration from the Sufi tradition of the Indus Valley. She wrote the following books: Legacy of the Indus Lahore: the City Within Legends of the Indus Sacred Spaces: A Journey with the Sufis of the Indus (published by Peabody Museum Press in 2009) Reimagining West Coconut Grove: Landmarks
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Who was Samina Quraeshi?
Pakistan-born U.S. writer (1944–2013)
When was Samina Quraeshi born?
Samina Quraeshi was born in 1944 in Karachi.
When did Samina Quraeshi die?
Samina Quraeshi died in 2013.
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Samina Quraeshi was a writer, photographer and designer.
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Samina Quraeshi was Pakistani and American.
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