Shaheen Sultan Dhanji
Toronto 43° 39' 12.53" N, 79° 23' 2.16" W Literature Person
Shaheen Sultan Dhanji was borne in Africa and currently resides at Toronto, Canada. She is a Social-International Development Consultant by profession; a writer, musician and an activist by innate attributes. A human-being who (in her mind) lives in the Renaissance era, writing her memoirs from the blood-ink on paper - in the heart the light of consciousness writes her fate! She fancies books, 19Th century cameras, world cinema, Indian classical music, blues/jazz records and meaningful conversations blended in the art of polemics with minds that intrigue hers! She could be found sipping qahwa in old bazaars and other times whirling in Sufi dergahs (shrines) or breathing in the landscape of Andalusia / Africa!
Her creative platform focuses on vital themes of war and civil society, genocide, human rights issues, global poverty, social and civic development, cultural and heritage conservation, mysticism, indigenous cultures/customs, migration and forced exile, oppression & dispossession in marginalised communities.
Ah, Shaheen is currently engaged in writing a novel, which she aspires to make into a film!
Co-Author of a book: Suroor of my Soul - a metaphysical anthology.