Ali Akbar Shahid Ali

Ali Akbar Shahid Ali was an American poet, essayist, and translator. He was born in 1959 in Srinagar, Kashmir, to a Kashmiri family. He studied at Columbia University and later at the University of Michigan. He was a professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park. He was known for his poetry and essays on politics, culture, and identity. He was also a prominent voice on issues related to Kashmir and the Middle East. He passed away in 2017.