Farah Ghuznavi often draws on her experiences as a development professional for inspiration in her writing, and remains an unrepentant idealist despite a few disappointments along the way. She has worked for NGOs in Bangladesh, Britain and Africa, as well as the United Nations, and the Grameen Bank, famous for its collateral-free loans to poor women.
She is one of the winners of the 2010 Commonwealth Short Story Competition. Her short fiction also features in the recently published anthologies "Woman's Work: Short Stories" (GirlChild Press, USA), "The Rainbow Feast" (Marshall Cavendish, Singapore) and "From the Delta" (UPL, Bangladesh), and will shortly be appearing in the "Journeys" anthology (Sampad, Britain) to be launched at the Birmingham literary festival in October 2010.
Farah is also a columnist for the Star Weekend Magazine, the largest-circulation English publication in Bangladesh. Her topics include global politics, humour, human rights, gender equality, social commentary and child behaviour. Links to her opinion pieces written over the last several years can be found in the Articles section of this website.
She owes and gratefully acknowledges a debt of appreciation to all those who have, over the years, encouraged her to explore and find her 'voice', some among her friends and family - you know who you are. A few fellow writers have also given generously of their time and advice to help her learn to do better. Sometimes those lessons had to be learnt the hard way!