Hibah Shabkhez

Hibah Shabkhez is a writer of the half-yo literary tradition, an erratic language-learning enthusiast, and a happily eccentric blogger from Lahore, Pakistan. Studying life, languages and literature from a comparative perspective across linguistic and cultural boundaries holds a particular fascination for her. She occasionally uses the pen name Sarusai Hiryu.

Early Life
Hibah was born in Islamabad, in the foothills of the Himalayas, but grew up mostly in Lahore, in the plains of the river Ravi. Lahore is the provincial capital of the Punjab in Pakistan and one of the world's most beautiful cities.

Goals
Shabkhez wants to write everyday for the rest of her life. At the end of it, she wants to have written at least one thing worthy of being loved and remembered, 'a good word like a good tree'.

Inspirations
On the topic of inspiration, Hibah Shabkhez feels, "'A wri-seed could come from anywhere at all: from the window curtains to the trees across the road, from a meme or a sibling's off-hand remark, from the way someone turbans their hair after a bath to a pigeon hopping about at the bus-stop ... Anything may come at any time and ask me to write about it; I do my best to build it the wri-home of its dreams.'"

Works
Books:


 * Zombies, Bring It On and Other Stories


 * Alack, The Ashen Waves of the Sea


 * Come Tilt at A Windmill


 * Dew Drops in the Rain


 * Bahishté fi sabeelillah hum hast


 * Monkit Town & Daunt's Deadly Doggies

Work in:


 * Bandit Fiction


 * Shot Glass Journal


 * Across The Margin


 * Panoplyzine


 * Feral


 * Literati Magazine


 * The Decadent Review


 * The Metaworker


 * Cordite Poetry Review


 * Writers Digest


 * Broadkill Review