Heal Me Slowly

ABOUT THE POET ~
Hibah Shabkhez is an author and poet from Lahore, Pakistan. She speaks, with varying degrees of fluency, ten languages: her mother tongue, Punjabi; English, Urdu, French, Arabic, German, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and Persian. English is not her native language, but it is one of the three languages - English, Urdu and Punjabi - which she grew up with, and the one that flows most naturally from her pen. Studying life, languages and literature from a comparative perspective across linguistic and cultural boundaries holds a particular fascination for her. This fusion of cultures that is an active part of her life and work is reflected in her fiction and poetry.