
Rumana Husain
Rumana Husain is a Karachi-based writer, artist, and educator. She is the author of two acclaimed coffee-table books: ‘Karachiwala—a Subcontinent within a City’ about Karachi’s diverse communities, and ‘Street Smart—Professionals on the Street’.
Rumana co-founded the Book Group in 1988. She has authored and illustrated over 90 children’s books for several publishers, including the Oxford University Press, and has won awards for four of her books in Pakistan, Nepal, and India. She is a regular contributor to national newspapers and magazines.
Rumana is an honorary advisor on the board of the Pakistan Learning Festival, and is the honorary General Secretary of the Karachi Conference Foundation.