Samina Ali
Indian-born U.S. writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1969 · age 57
Samina Ali is an American author, activist for Muslim women’s rights, curator, and public speaker born in India. Her debut novel, Madras on Rainy Days, won the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger award from France and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award in Fiction.
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She is the curator of the global exhibition Muslima: Muslim Women’s Art & Voices (2013) Ali’s memoir, Pieces You’ll Never Get Back (2025), chronicles her near-death experience following childbirth and her subsequent recovery.
