Sharbari Ahmed

Sharbari Ahmed

About

Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sharbari Ahmed is a published and award winning short fiction writer. Her short fiction has appeared in "The Gettysburg review", "Catamaran" and the "Asian Pacific American Journal". Ahmed served as co-writer and assistant director on the film The Waiting Room. She also directed the stage play version of Raisins Not Virgins, and a reading of A Voice of Her Own. Ahmed has directed the short films Burkini, Sahar and the Mosque, and Aimee Undercover, about a Muslim convert who is also a buxom, blonde lifeguard. She is currently developing two projects, a TV pilot titled The Chronicles of Zarah, and her next screenplay, BOMBAY DUCK, a love story set in WWII India. She is a columnist for "The Daily Star Weekend Magazine", the largest English language newspaper in Bangladesh. Ahmed recieved her MA in Creative Writing from New York University.

Raisins Not Virgins

Raisins Not Virgins

A Muslim woman in modern-day New York City rediscovers love, faith, and her identity while falling for her mother’s worst nightmare; a non-Muslim man.