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Samina Yasmeen
BornSamina Yasmeen
1950 (age 73–74)
Pakistan
NationalityAustralian
Pakistani
OccupationAuthor
SpouseJames Trevelyan

Samina Yasmeen AM is an Australian–Pakistani author and intellectual who is known for her work in political and strategic development in South Asia and the role of Islam in world politics. She has published articles on the position of Pakistani and Middle Eastern women, the role of Muslims in Australia, and India–Pakistan relations.

Life and career

Yasmeen was born in 1950. Her research focuses on the role of Islamic groups in Pakistan's foreign policy. On Australian and international media, she is a regular commentator on issues relating to Islam, Pakistan, and Muslim immigrants in Pakistan.

Samina Yasmeen is from a literary family in Pakistan. Her mother Begum Sarfraz Iqbal was a prominent littérateur of Pakistan, and a road in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan is named after her in recognition of her contribution to literature.

She was appointed to the Council for Multicultural Australia in August 2011.

In 2014, her book, Muslim Citizens in the West, was published. One year later, it was reviewed by the Journal of Islamic Studies.

Yasmeen is married to an Australian engineer, James Trevelyan.

Awards and recognition

Bibliography

  • Yasmeen, Samina; Markovic, Nina (2014). Muslim Citizens in the West

References

  1. ^ "Prof Trevelyan develops new water distribution tech". www.thenews.com.pk.
  2. "Samina Yasmeen". The Conversation. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  3. Yasmeen, Samina. "A Mothers' Day blog from Samina Yasmeen". abc.net.au. ABC. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  4. "Speech to the Australian Multicultural Council Launch, Canberra". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia). 22 August 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  5. "Spaces and Agents of Inclusion and Exclusion".
  6. ^ Team, ABLE Marketing. "Professor Samina Yasmeen". UWA.

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