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Bina Sharif is an American playwright, actress, director, performer and a visual artist.^[1] She has written, directed and performed over 30 plays produced in USA, Pakistan and Europe.^[2]

Her most recent work is the full-length play "My Ancestor's House" by Ruttledge Press and taught in many universities. The follow-up of "My Ancestor's House" is a play called "Another Journey Home/Eight Dialogues in a Mirror Cracked" was produced in 2010 in NYC and Pakistan. Her most notable work, the highly acclaimed, "Afghan Woman," opened in NYC in 2002 and was performed in UK, Pakistan, Hawaii, Belgium, and is now translated in Arabic. Sharif performed Afghan Woman and excerpts from many of her other plays at universities such as Princeton, Wellesley College, University of Pennsylvania, Ohio State University, Denver, Colorado, Champaign, Illinois, Toronto, Temple University, Montclair University, Sacramento, California, and Prestigious Islamabad Club Pakistan. In March 2016, the University of South Florida honored Bina Sharif for 30 plays in 30 years.

She is a Joseph Jefferson award nominee actress from Chicago's Goodman Theater. Sharif is 10 times award winner by Jerome Foundation, two time New York State Council of the Arts, Franklin Furnace award and the best performer award at a gay and lesbian theater festival. As an actress, Sharif has worked with Vanessa Redgrave, Fernando Arrabal, Brían Francis O'Byrne, Lee Breuer, Robert Patrick, Charles Busch, Crystal Field, Irene Fornes, Sarah Schulman, Kevin Martin, Jane Adams and Todd Solandz.^[2] Along with directing her own work, she also directed a one-man show, "A Touch of the Poe", featuring Kevin Mitchell Martin based on Edgar Allen Poe's life and works at the Edinburgh, Scotland Fringe Festival for which they were awarded The Pick of the Fringe.

Sharif has been a theater critic for the last 20 years, co-hosting HI DRAMA and is the editor and publisher for the blog ArtsInternational and maintains a website with her writing titled Stream of Consciousness of Singing Birds. Sharif is also a visual artist and she's been drawing and painting for the last 20 years. Her work has been exhibited in group shows at Theater for the New City Art Gallery and recently had her first solo exhibit at Theresa Byrnes Gallery, TBG Gallery in the East Village, Manhattan. Her 31st play will be staged in New York at The Theater for the New City November 2016. She recently completed her 32nd play, which is a one-woman play titled "Sorrow in the Time of Isis" and is being considered for production.

Sharif holds an MD degree from Pakistan and a master's degree in Public health from Johns Hopkins University.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Bina Sharif, The Lower East Side Biography Project, excerpt from 28 minute biography, 10 December 2012, retrieved 2015-10-05
^ ^a ^b "Bina Sharif | WISE Muslim Women". www.wisemuslimwomen.org. Archived from the original on 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2015-10-05.

External links

South Asian Playwrights
Bina Sharif, The Lower East Side Project
https://web.archive.org/web/20140715021640/http://2011.caata.net/author/binasharif/
bhag.net
Bina Sharif papers, [ca. 1980]-[ongoing] are held by the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, The Ohio State University Libraries.

[1] Bina Sharif, The Lower East Side Biography Project, excerpt from 28 minute biography, 10 December 2012, retrieved 2015-10-05

[:0-2] "Bina Sharif | WISE Muslim Women". www.wisemuslimwomen.org. Archived from the original on 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2015-10-05.

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-'''Bina Sharif''' is an award winning prolific Pakistani American playwright, actress, director, performer and a visual artist.  She has written and directed over 25 plays produced in USA, Pakistan and Europe.   Sharif’s work has been published in prestigious journals both in the USA and abroad and her work is taught in the world’s most prestigious universities.    Her most recent work, the full-length play, My Ancestor’s House by Ruttledge Press and taught in many Universities.  The follow up of, My Ancestor’s House, a play called, Another Journey Home/Eight Dialogues in a Mirror Cracked was produced in 2010 in NYC and Pakistan.    Her most notable work, the highly acclaimed, Afghan Woman, opened in NYC in 2002 and was performed in UK, Pakistan, Hawaii, Belgium, and throughout the world.  Today it is an integral part of the curriculum of American contemporary literature at many universities such as Princeton, Wellesley College, University of Pennsylvania, Ohio State University, Denver, Colorado, Champagne Ill, Toronto, Temple University, Montclair University, Sacramento CA and Prestigious Islamabad Club Pakistan.   She is a Joseph Jefferson award nominee actress from Chicago’s Goodman Theater.  Ms. Sharif is 10 times award winner by Jerome foundation, 2 time New York State Council of the Arts, Franklin Furnace award and the best performer award at a gay and lesbian theater festival. As an actress, Ms. Sharif has worked with Vanessa Redgrave, Fernando Arrabal, Brian F’o Burn, Lee Breuer, Robert Patrick, Charles Busch, Crystal Field, Irene Fornes, Sarah Schulman, Kevin Martin, Jane Adams and Todd Solandz. <ref>http://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/muslimwomen/bio/bina_sharif/</ref>
+'''Bina Sharif''' is an American [[playwright]], [[actress]], [[Theatre director|director]], performer and a visual artist.<ref>{{Citation|title = Bina Sharif, The Lower East Side Biography Project, excerpt from 28 minute biography| date=10 December 2012 |url = https://vimeo.com/55298429|accessdate = 2015-10-05}}</ref> She has written, directed and performed over 30 plays produced in USA, Pakistan and Europe.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Bina Sharif {{!}} WISE Muslim Women|url = http://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/muslimwomen/bio/bina_sharif/|website = www.wisemuslimwomen.org|accessdate = 2015-10-05|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151005163710/http://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/muslimwomen/bio/bina_sharif/|archive-date = 2015-10-05|url-status = dead}}</ref>
-Ms. Sharif is one of the very first Pakistani American Muslim woman playwright/actor/director in New York City.   Ms. Sharif also holds an MD degree from Pakistan and a Masters Degree in Public health from John Hopkins University.
+Her most recent work is the full-length play "My Ancestor's House" by Ruttledge Press and taught in many universities. The follow-up of "My Ancestor's House" is a play called "Another Journey Home/Eight Dialogues in a Mirror Cracked" was produced in 2010 in NYC and Pakistan. Her most notable work, the highly acclaimed, "Afghan Woman," opened in NYC in 2002 and was performed in [[United Kingdom|UK]], [[Pakistan]], [[Hawaii]], [[Belgium]], and is now translated in Arabic. Sharif performed Afghan Woman and excerpts from many of her other plays at universities such as [[Princeton University|Princeton]], [[Wellesley College]], [[University of Pennsylvania]], [[Ohio State University]], [[Denver|Denver, Colorado]], [[Champaign, Illinois]], [[Toronto]], [[Temple University]], [[Montclair State University|Montclair University]], [[Sacramento, California]], and Prestigious Islamabad Club Pakistan. In March 2016, the University of South Florida honored Bina Sharif for 30 plays in 30 years.
+She is a Joseph Jefferson award nominee actress from Chicago's [[Goodman Theatre|Goodman Theater]]. Sharif is 10 times award winner by [[Jerome Hill|Jerome Foundation]], two time New York State Council of the Arts, Franklin Furnace award and the best performer award at a gay and lesbian theater festival. As an actress, Sharif has worked with [[Vanessa Redgrave]], [[Fernando Arrabal]], [[Brían F. O'Byrne|Brían Francis O'Byrne]], [[Lee Breuer]], [[Robert Patrick]], [[Charles Busch]], Crystal Field, [[María Irene Fornés|Irene Fornes]], [[Sarah Schulman]], Kevin Martin, Jane Adams and Todd Solandz.<ref name=":0" /> Along with directing her own work, she also directed a one-man show, "A Touch of the Poe", featuring Kevin Mitchell Martin based on Edgar Allen Poe's life and works at the Edinburgh, Scotland Fringe Festival for which they were awarded The Pick of the Fringe.
+Sharif has been a theater critic for the last 20 years, co-hosting HI DRAMA and is the editor and publisher for the blog ArtsInternational and maintains a website with her writing titled Stream of Consciousness of Singing Birds. Sharif is also a visual artist and she's been drawing and painting for the last 20 years.  Her work has been exhibited in group shows at Theater for the New City Art Gallery and recently had her first solo exhibit at Theresa Byrnes Gallery, TBG Gallery in the East Village, Manhattan. Her 31st play will be staged in New York at The Theater for the New City November 2016. She recently completed her 32nd play, which is a one-woman play titled "Sorrow in the Time of Isis" and is being considered for production.
+Sharif holds an MD degree from Pakistan and a master's degree in Public health from [[Johns Hopkins University]].{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}
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