Asma Husain

Asma Husain was born and raised in Bombay, India. Growing in a multi-ethnic environment, she began her education and graduated From the Apostolic Carmel High School. She accomplished a master’s degree in English Literature from the Aligarh Muslim University followed by a Post Graduate degree in Special Education. Upgrading her skills in the field of education she acquired a certification from the Graduate School of Education, Harvard University.

Born to a father who was a Literary and Cine personality Asma Husain grew in the nucleus of both worlds. In 1978 she left India for the Middle East where she taught English Literature to students of the Women’s College Dammam. She returned to India in the year 1992, soon after the War Desert Storm. She worked in the field of Mental and Genetic disabilities in India 1996-2004, with organizations registered under the Rehabilitation Council of India. After which, she lived in Morocco for a period of 7 years teaching a global body of students at the English College of Tangier consecutively followed by The American School of Tangier.

This is the Author’s first Fiction apart from the papers she has written on Mental Retardation, Behavior Modification, Physio Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Individual and Group Counseling and Community Rehabilitation.

Asma Husain returned to India in the year 2011 and currently resides in Lucknow.