Raisins Not Virgins

Sharbari Ahmed

Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sharbari Ahmed is a published and award winning short fiction writer. Her short fiction has appeared in "The Gettysburg review", "Catamaran" and the "Asian Pacific American Journal". Ahmed served as co-writer and assistant director on the film The Waiting Room. She also directed the stage play version of Raisins Not Virgins, and a reading of A Voice of Her Own. Ahmed has directed the short films Burkini, Sahar and the Mosque, and Aimee Undercover, about a Muslim convert who is also a buxom, blonde lifeguard. She is currently developing two projects, a TV pilot titled The Chronicles of Zarah, and her next screenplay, BOMBAY DUCK, a love story set in WWII India. She is a columnist for "The Daily Star Weekend Magazine", the largest English language newspaper in Bangladesh. Ahmed recieved her MA in Creative Writing from New York University.