Zahra Sabri is a Karachi-based academic teaching Indo-Muslim History and Literatures. She holds an MA from Columbia University and has taught at McGill, Aga Khan University, and Karachi University. Her research explores Mughal history, Persianate influences, and Urdu identity politics. Curator of Koozah (OUP, 2015), she has translated poetry from over a dozen languages for almost all seasons of Coke Studio Pakistan and written widely for Pakistan’s press. A former Herald journalist, she won the Zubeida Mustafa Award for Journalistic Excellence in 2013.