Yasmeen Hameed

• Name — Yasmeen Hameed • Born — 1952 • Birthplace — Pakistan • Occupation — Pakistani Urdu poet, translator, educator, Founding Director of Gurmani Centre for South Asian Languages and Literature in the Social Sciences Department at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) from 2007 to August 2016 • Language — Urdu • Notable Works — Pas-e-Aina (1988), Hisar-e-be-Dar-o-Deevar (1991), Aadha Din aur Aadhi Raat (1996), Fana bhi eik Saraab (2001), Doosri Zindagi (Collected poems, 1988–2001) (2007), Janoobi Asia Ki Muntakhib Nazmain (2022) • Awards — Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Medal of Distinction) for Literature awarded by the Government of Pakistan in 2008, Fatima Jinnah Medal for Literature awarded by the Government of Punjab, Pakistan on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2006 Yasmeen Hameed is a Pakistani Urdu poet, translator and educator.

Yasmeen Hameed has more than thirty years of experience in the fields of education, literature and art. She was the Founding Director of Gurmani Centre for South Asian Languages and Literature, in the Social Sciences Department at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) where she worked from 2007 to August 2016. She has interviewed a number of renowned Pakistani literary personalities on Pakistani television and has participated widely in poetry symposia at national and international levels. She has written scripts in English for cultural/fashion shows sponsored by the Government of Pakistan, performed in London in 1995 and Washington in 1996 and in the Cricket World Cup Cultural Festival in Pakistan in 1996. She has also contributed a monthly column to the "Books & Authors" supplement of Dawn newspaper.

M. Sc.: Nutrition Punjab University – Lahore (1972) B. Sc.: Home Economics- Home Economics College Punjab University – Lahore (1970)

Yasmeen Hameed has published five books of poetry in Urdu: • Title — Year Published — Pages • Pas-e-Aina — 1988 — 160 • Hisar-e-be-Dar-o-Deevar — 1991 — 160 • Aadha Din aur Aadhi Raat — 1996 — 237 • Fana bhi eik Saraab — 2001 — 216 • Doosri Zindagi (Collected poems, 1988–2001) — 2007 — 700