
Syra Vahidy
Syra Vahidy is the founder of the Zeenat Haroon Rashid Writing Prize for Women, which she established in 2019 to honour the memory of her mother. The prize, which awards rupees one lac annually to the winner of a writing competition, has provided a platform for showcasing some excellent writing by Pakistani women, culminating in the publication of an anthology ‘Mightier’ (Reverie 2024), in 2024.
Now retired, Syra has worked as a journalist (Dawn, The Friday Times), copywriter (Prestige Communications, Spectrum, Asiatic), teacher (Lyceum, IVS), consultant to the Sindh Culture Department, and as a business partner in a music school in the UK, where she now resides.