Samina Quraeshi


Samina Quraeshi 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 IndusLahore: the City WithinLegends of the IndusSacred Spaces: A Journey with the Sufis of the Indus