Zehra Nigah

Zehra Nigah was born in Hyderabad, India in 1936 and migrated to Pakistan with her family in 1947. She began to recite her poetry at mushairas at a fairly young age, which was considered unusual at the time. Treading the fine line between feminism and feminine poetry, she has acquired enormous respect and popularity in a career spanning six decades. She has also published four celebrated collections of poetry: Shaam ka Pehla Tara (?The First Star of the Evening?), Warq (?Page?), Firaq (?Separation?), and Gul Chandni (named after a flower that blossoms at night).