Samina Yasmeen
Samina Yasmeen is a specialist in political and strategic development in South Asia and the role of Islam in world politics. She has published articles on the position of Pakistani and Middle Eastern women, the role of Muslims in Australia, and India–Pakistan relations.Life
Yasmeen was born in 1950.
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Her research focuses on the role of Islamic groups in Pakistan's foreign policy. On Australian and international media, she is a regular commentator on issues relating to Islam, Pakistan, and Muslim immigrants in Pakistan.
Samina Yasmeen is from a literary family in Pakistan. Her mother Begum Sarfraz Iqbal was a prominent littérateur of Pakistan, and a road in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan is named after her in recognition of her contribution to literature.
She was appointed to the Council for Multicultural Australia in August 2011.
