Sumaira Zareen

Sumaira Zareen (Sindhi: ثميره زرين ) (February 1944 - 13 August 1977) was a leading story writer of Sindh, Pakistan. She was one of the pioneers' women of Sindhi literature. She is popularly called First Lady of Sindhi Literature. Two of her story collections have been published. Sumaira Zareen was born on 22 February 1944 in a literary family at Shikarpur Sindh, Pakistan. Her real name was Sakina Aiwan. Her father's name was Muhammad Azam Aiwan. Her grandfather Muhammad Arif Aiwan himself was a renowned poet of his time. She started writing stories at the age of 12 or 13 years. Her first story was published in famous Sindhi magazine Naeen Zindagi (New Life). She served as In-Charge of Women's page of daily Hilal-e-Pakistan. After graduation, she worked as Research Fellow at the Institute of Sindhology. She compiled and published stories published in the Naeen Zindagi Magazine from 1947 to 1960. The title of the collection was Mehran Joon Chholiyoon (Waves in the Indus) and it was published in 1962. In 1970, her story collection Geet Ujayal More Ja (songs of thirsty peacocks) was published by Malir Adabi Academy Hyderabad. Her following story collections were published after her death: