Born in Lahore, Pakistan, Moazzam Sheikh writes and translates fiction in Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi, and English. He is author of two collections of short stories and was involved in founding the United States’ only South Asian literary press, Weavers Press.
This project grew from a conversation with Kim Stafford during the Oregon Society of Translators and Interpreters conference, “Words = A Pathway to Peace.” We decided to send a poem for peace around t…