Zain Hashmi is a writer with a multicultural background, having lived in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Canada. His experiences across Eastern and Western cultures inform his perspective, blending diverse influences into his work. He holds an MBA and manages a consulting firm alongside his writing pursuits.
Born into a family with deep spiritual roots, Hashmi is named after his great-grandfather, the last Sufi saint in his lineage. He traces his ancestry to Baha-ud-Din Zakariya, a revered 13th-century Sufi saint from the Banu Hashim clan. This heritage shapes his thematic exploration of spirituality, identity, and cultural intersectionality in his writing.