Farah Bashir

Farah Bashir is a writer and former photojournalist with Reuters. Her first book Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir (2021), a memoir of growing up in Kashmir, was shortlisted for multiple awards and won the AutHer Award at The Times of India and the Kalinga First Book Award. She has spoken extensively at the Asia Society, the University of Exeter, the University of Oxford, and on multiple panels about gender, war, and the price that political turmoil exacts from women and young girls in conflict zones, including its impact on the body and the landscape. She has recently completed her debut novel and holds an MA in Creative Writing from the UEA in Norwich. Bashir is based in London.