Raazia Sajid

Raazia Sajid is an award-winning writer currently based in Islamabad, where she writes and teaches ESL and writing. Raazia’s first novel, ’Biryani and Tahchin’, was released in 2024 and published by Reverie Publishers in Pakistan. Her work, which centres on the themes of women’s lives, freedom, and cultures, is inspired by her nomadic lifestyle and her lack of a permanent address.

Raazia’s stories have been placed in prestigious contests, starting with Times of Oman’s nation-wide literary contest in 2013 when she was still a teenager. She has also recently appeared on the Pakistan literary scene: she was longlisted for the ZHR Writing Prize in 2023, and was the runner-up for the Salam Award this year (2024). The first chapter of her debut novel, Biryani and Tahchin, won a place in Gutsy Great Novelists’ Chapter One Prize. In addition, her work has appeared in Dawn’s Young World, Writing Kid, On the Premises, and Chapter and Verse. She can be found at www.raaziasajid.com