Wajiha Hyder is a writer and editor whose work explores the intersections of culture, gender, memory and the social contours of contemporary Pakistan. Her writing has appeared in The Missing Slate, Pakistan Today, and The News on Sunday, among others.
She began her career in finance before moving into journalism, eventually taking on editorial roles across various publications. She currently oversees the art, culture, and book reviews sections at The News on Sunday, curating some of the magazine’s most distinctive cultural coverage.
Her work also engages with questions of social systems and vulnerability, through research and evaluation collaborations with Athena Infonomics. She has refined the communications strategy of the Dilawar Hussain Foundation, a health non-profit, developing systems for content and long-term visibility.
Wajiha’s debut short fiction appeared in The Stained-Glass Window: Stories of the Pandemic from Pakistan (2020). She has been part of the juries for the Zeenat Haroon Rashid Writing Prize for Women (2022) and the inaugural LLF Writing Prize (2023).
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