Noor Zaheer
Noor Zaheer is an Indian left-leaning feminist author. Zaheer is member of Delhi Urdu Academy, chaired by Arvind Kejriwal.
Literary career
Noor Zaheer, through her short stories and literature, focuses on socioeconomic issues in a legacy to that of the 20th century’s progressive Urdu authors. Zaheer translated Iṣmat Cug̲h̲tāʼī's Urdu memoir Kaghzi ''Hai Pairahan to 'The Paper Attire' in English and also directed a play 'Kahani Ki Kahani, Ismat Ki Zabaani''Social work
Zaheer contributes to documentation of oral culture and restoration of Buddhist monasteries in Himachal Pradesh, India.She married former British Indian Army officer and filmographer Yavar Abbas in 2020, when he was 100.