Samina Quraeshi (1944-2013) was an award-winning educator, designer, artist and author. Life She was raised in Karachi, Pakistan and lived in Massachusetts. She is the mother of Sadia Shepard, an author and filmmaker and Cassim Shepard a new York based town planner Work As an author she took inspiration from the Sufi tradition of the Indus Valley. She wrote the following books: Legacy of the Indus Lahore: the City Within Legends of the Indus Sacred Spaces: A Journey with the Sufis of the Indus (published by Peabody Museum Press in 2009) Reimagining West Coconut Grove: Landmarks References American women writers Pakistani emigrants to the United States American writers of Pakistani descent Artists from Karachi Writers from Karachi 1944 births 2013 deaths 21st-century American women