Farhana Sheikh

Farhana Sheikh in her own words: I am: a novelist (The Red Box); a playwright (Arabian Nights, The Flood etc); a Lahori, who does not live in Lahore; a Londoner, who does not live in London; a foreigner, who writes about the West; a feminist, who writes about women: sweatshops, Scheherazade; and about men: Gilgamesh, Gulliver, Glyndwr Michael. I have: a British passport; a house; some money. I eat: enough, more than many.

Farhana Sheikh in her own words: I am: a novelist (The Red Box); a playwright (Arabian Nights, The Flood etc); a Lahori, who does not live in Lahore; a Londoner, who does not live in London; a foreigner, who writes about the West; a feminist, who writes about women: sweatshops, Scheherazade; and about men: Gilgamesh, Gulliver, Glyndwr Michael. I have: a British passport; a house; some money. I eat: enough, more than many. See less