aaj ik aur baras biit gayā us ke baġhair
jis ke hote hue hote the zamāne mere
Humaira Rehman was born on November 24, 1957, in Pakistan. She has worked for Radio Pakistan,Multan, and later in London for the BBC. She now teaches Urdu as a foreign language at New York University and is an active member of the Pakistan immigrant community. She has published two highly acclaimed collections of poetry, Intisab and Indimal.