Samina Yasmeen 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
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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
A State (polity), state's foreign policy or external policy (as opposed to internal or domestic policy) is its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states, unions, and other political entities, whether bilaterall ...
. 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
*
Western Australian of the Year Award (2011)
* Fellow of
Australian Institute of International Affairs
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(2012)
Bibliography
* Yasmeen, Samina; Markovic, Nina (2014). ''Muslim Citizens in the West''
References
External links
University of Melbourne speaker profiles
Living people
Pakistani emigrants to Australia
Australian writers
Pakistani writers
Academic staff of the University of Western Australia
Australian academics of Pakistani descent
Members of the Order of Australia
1950 births
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