Amina Shah, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Amina Shah

Author, poet, storyteller

Date of Birth: 31-Oct-1918

Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 19-Jan-2014

Profession: writer, spoken word artist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Amina Shah (31 October 1918 – 19 January 2014), later known as Amina Maxwell-Hudson, was a British anthologiser of Sufi stories and folk tales, and was for many years the Chairperson of the College of Storytellers.
She was the sister of the Sufi writers Idries Shah and Omar Ali-Shah, and the daughter of Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah and Saira Elizabeth Luiza Shah.
Her nephew is the travel writer and documentary filmmaker Tahir Shah; her nieces, Safia Shah and the writer and documentary filmmaker Saira Shah.