Zeeba Sadiq

Taha Kehar (Independent Scholar - Asia)

Ed. by Muneeza Shamsie, Independent Scholar - Asia
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Gina Lyle (University of Glasgow), Graham MacPhee (University of Manchester), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

Dates

Born 18 Jul 1962
Died 23 Aug 2010
Activity 1996-2000

Places

Born in Pakistan
Active in United Kingdom

Cultural Identities

British Asian

Activities

Primary

Novelist

Other

Civil servant

Resources

Sadiq's Works

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Zeeba Sadiq (1962-2010) was a British-Pakistani writer known for her debut novel

38 Bahadurabad

(1996). Inextricably linked to the author’s memories of a home in Karachi’s neighborhood of Bahadurabad, the novel combines elements of fiction and autobiography to create a nuanced portrait of her childhood and the city’s past.

Born in Karachi on July 18, 1962, Sadiq attended St Lawrence’s Girls School and the PECHS Government College for Women. She migrated to Britain in 1980 where she dabbled in different careers. During the 1980s, she worked as a hairdresser in London and a freelance interpreter for Urdu, Hindi, Farsi and Gujarati at the Home Office.

Born in Karachi on July 18, 1962, Sadiq attended St Lawrence’s Girls School and the PECHS Government College for Women. She migrated…

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Citation: Kehar, Taha. "Zeeba Sadiq". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 11 February 2021 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14642, accessed 31 October 2024.]