Shabana Sharif is currently working on her childhood memoir – Pagli. Themes include race, gender, religion, immigrant life, blended families, abuse, and neglect in Long Island and Queens, New York. She became a finalist for the 2023 PEN Emerging Voices Fellowship. She was a Tin House 2024 Winter Workshop participant and was accepted as a Tin House 2024 Summer Workshop participant. Shabana is the daughter of Guyanese immigrants, a descendant of Indian Indentureship, and a mother of two children.
Shabana has an Executive Master of Public Administration from Baruch College (CUNY) and an MS in Education from City College (CUNY). She lives outside of New York City.
Currently, Shabana is an Essay Reader for The Rumpus and Shabana co-founded Jahajee Sisters: Empowering Indo-Caribbean Women.
