Hifsa Ashraf
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Human Resources |
| Location | Pakistan |
| Introduction | Hifsa Ashraf is an award-winning multilingual poet, author, editor, and social activist based in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. She is a pioneer in Pakistan for writing Japanese-form English micropoetry and is internationally recognized with publications in over 200 literary venues worldwide and numerous prestigious international awards. She is a member of the Pakistan Japan Cultural Association, Islamabad, and served as Editor and Curator of Pakistan’s first International Multilingual Anthology (2026), an initiative organized by the Pakistan Japan Cultural Association in collaboration with the Embassy of Japan in Pakistan. Her published work includes six individual and four collaborative micropoetry collections. She received the Touchstone Award for Individual Poems (2021) from The Haiku Foundation (USA) and was shortlisted again in 2022. Her poetry collection Her Fading Henna Tattoo received Honourable Mentions in the Touchstone Distinguished Books Award (2020) and the Haiku Society of America Merit Book Award (2021). Her latest collaborative mystical haiku collection, Beyond Emptiness, is co-authored with Jacob D. Salzer and Nicholas Klacsanzky. Social: @hifsays |
| Interests | poetry |
| Favorite movies | I love mystery, psycho-thriller, action, and classic drama |
| Favorite music | Any type of music that can change my mood easily. |
| Favorite books | 40 rules of love. |
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