# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/salma-arastu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:09:10.153Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/salma-arastu"
name: "Salma Arastu"
slug: "salma-arastu"
description: "Salma Arastu is an artist whose work takes inspiration from her cultural background and experiences. Born in Rajasthan, India to a Sindhi, she was raised Hindu and later converted to Islam and moved to the United States in 1986. She lived and worked in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania from 1987 to 2006, before moving to Oakland, California. She creates paintings, sculpture, poetry and calligraphy and produces greeting cards for the American Muslim community."
tagline: "American artist"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1950"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.72
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.535889333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://salmaarastu.com/"
sources:
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    title: "సల్మా అరస్తు"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ছালমা আৰাস্তু"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "সালমা আরাস্তু"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salma_Arastu"
    title: "Salma Arastu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salma_Arastu"
    title: "Salma Arastu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%82"
    title: "ਸਲਮਾ ਅਰਾਸਤੂ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81"
    title: "சல்மா அரஸ்து"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7405354"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump