Hammad Hassan Rind

Hammad Rind is a writer, linguist and teacher, originally from Punjab, Pakistan. He currently lives in Cardiff, Wales.   Hammad is fascinated by the idea of language as a powerful medium of communication. He can speak eight languages – Urdu, Persian, Turkish, Italian and French. His work has been published in a number of magazines and anthologies including Porridge Magazine and the WICF Anthology (2019). Hammad’s first novel, Four Dervishes, a social satire based on a dastan by the Persian poet, Amir Khosrow, with elements of magic realism, has attracted early interest and is currently seeking the right publisher.