Samina Quraeshi | |
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| Notable work | Legacy of the Indus Lahore: the City Within Legends of the Indus Sacred Spaces: A Journey with the Sufis of the Indus |
Samina Quraeshi (1944-2013) was a Pakistani-American educator, designer, artist and author.[1][2]
Life
[edit]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.[citation needed]
Work
[edit]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)[3]
- Reimagining West Coconut Grove: Landmarks
References
[edit]- ^ Walsh, Colleen (15 October 2009). "Islam's mystical dimensions take flight". Harvard Gazette.
- ^ Rapp, Alan. "Samina Quraeshi biography". AIGA Design Journeys. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
- ^ Fash, W. Barbara. "New Releases: The Copan sculpture museum". Peabody Museum Press. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
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