Sehba Sarwar is a thought-provoking author and speaker, an inspirational artist, and a dynamic community and cultural activist, who is dedicated to creating connections between communities around the globe. Through her writings, talks, and workshops, Sehba encourages awareness and action among people of all ages and backgrounds. Please contact her so she can visit your campus or community to offer a workshop, reading, or leadership training!
Writer, Artist, Writing Coach, Workshop Leader, and Community Activist
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I use this channel to document my movement between spaces including Houston, Karachi, Delhi, Dhaka, Los Angeles and elsewhere, recording observations, images and conversations. It’s my space to share the multiple realities I inhabit as writer, artist, mother, activist and transnational. I hope you will enjoy the journey along with me.
“instead of retiring, I’m refiring…”
on 14 Nov, 2019
Writers including Peggy DoBreer, Hazel Harrison, Angela Franklin, Tanya Ho Kong, Jessica Ceballos y Campbell participating in a conversation with Luis Rodriguez at Avenue 50 Studio “Instead of retiring, I’m re-firing,” said Luis...
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unexpected intersections…
on 29 Oct, 2019
Selfies: With Bettina Ng’weno (L); Sharon Fabriz (R) “I remember us facilitating Rice Writing Project sessions at the Rice School and how even then you had the title in mind. As I recall,...
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the next “on belonging” installment…
on 18 Sep, 2019
“You could do a reading at Scripps and create an installation,” Myriam Chancy offered when I showed her images from my On Belonging site-specific installation at Houston’s Menil Collection (February 2018). Myriam,...
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Ongoing
Release of second edition of novel Black Wings (Veliz Books, 2019) and 2019-20 book tour in cities including Houston, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Sacramento, San Francisco, Vancouver, and more; click below to view cities and dates
September 2019
Created site specific art installation, On Belonging , and offered reading from Black Wings at Scripps College, Claremont, California
July 2019
Read my interview in Ms. Magazine's blog "What Inter-Generational Storytelling Means to Sehba Sarwar" by Meliss Arteaga
May 2019
My short story "Railway Track," a murder story appeared in Houston Noir anthology, edited by Gwendolyn Zepeda, Akashic Books, New York; participated in book release reading and panel, Houston, Texas.
May 2019
Engaged in PEN America's World Voices Festival in a conversation, Seeing Beyond Satire and Stereotypes, with writer Mohammad Hanif, Pasadena, California.
April 2019
Podcast of my conversation and reading with Neela Banerjee at Skylight Books, Los Angeles, California.
March 2019
Curated and hosted "Poetry for Peace," an artistic response to rising violence in Kashmir, India, and threat of war between India and Pakistan, Pasadena Central Library, Pasadena, California.
PUBLICATIONS
Over the past three decades, I have generated essays, poems and short-stories that have appeared in anthologies, newspapers and online publications. Much of my work explores cross-border experiences, moving between Pakistan, the US, and the spaces in between, tackling women’s issues, displacement and migration.
Sehba Sarwar with students at Baker-Ripley Community Center (Houston); photo: Michelle Garcia
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
Since the 1990’s, I have given talks and readings and have served as visiting writer and adjunct faculty member at colleges and universities around the United States and Pakistan. I am currently identifying new course topics and am interested in developing these for upcoming sessions. Review some of my past workshops.
PROJECTS
Though I am primarily known as a writer and educator, I have generated a large body of solo and collaborative art installations that tackle many issues including women’s reproductive rights and border/migration disputes. Browse through some of my work.
CONTACT
I am an author and speaker, an artist, and a community and cultural activist.
If I can use my talents and passions to inspire you or your network to push boundaries and become involved in our communities, please connect with me. I offer a range of services including: readings, workshops, courses, or multidisciplinary performances/installations. I look forward to hearing from you!
