Shahadat

About Shahadat

Shahadat is the author of Aadhe Safar Ka Humsafar, .Hindi Yugm, 2021, a collection of stories which has garnered praise as well as controversy for its frank portrayal of Islamophobia and queer love in India, and its critique of orthodoxy and misogyny within the Indian-Muslim community. His work has also been published in Hans, Kathadesh, Kathakram, Pehel, Vibhom Svar, Vanmali, Maati Patrika and Naya Gyanoday, among other literary magazines and journals. Shahadat is also a translator between Urdu, Arabic and Hindi. His translations include Pakistani writer Hijab Imtiaz Ali's short-story collection Sanobar Ke Saaye (Urdu to Hindi, forthcoming from Rajkamal Prakashan) and Zahir Dehlvi's memoir on the 1857 revolt, Dastaan-e-1857 (Urdu to Hindi, forthcoming from Samvad Prakashan). Translations of his short fiction have appeared in Out of Print, among other literary journals.