Rukhsana Ahmad was born in
Karachi,
Pakistan, in 1948. She did her schooling in many schools in different cities in Pakistan. She did her college education in
Punjab University and in Karachi obtained Master of Arts degree from the
Karachi University in
English Literature and
Linguistics. She then joined the University of Karachi and taught English Literature, until she married. Subsequent to her marriage she migrated to England, where she obtained degrees from the
Reading University and the
University of the Arts. Ahmad became a member of the
Asian Women Writers Collective in London in 1984. Along with
Rita Wolf, in 1990 she co-established the
Kali Theatre Company in London, which she headed for eight years. She has founded the South Asian Arts and Literature in the Diaspora Archive in the United Kingdom known as
Salidaa (now
Sadaa). She is also an advisory fellow of the Royal Literary Fund at
Queen Mary's College,
University of London. ==Awards==