Fatima Bhutto was born in Kabul in 1982. Her father Murtaza Bhutto, an elected member of parliament, was killed by the police in 1996 in Karachi during the premiership of his sister, Benazir Bhutto. Fatima graduated from Columbia University, majoring in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, with a Masters in South Asian Government and Politics. She is the author of three books: Whispers of the Desert (1997), a volume of poetry published when she was 15; 8.50 a.m. 8 October 2005 (2006), a collection of first-hand accounts from survivors of the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan; and Songs of Blood and Sword (Random House, 2010). Fatima covered the Israeli Invasion and war with Lebanon from Lebanon in the summer of 2006 and also reported from Iran in January 2007 and Cuba in April 2008, and her work has appeared in the New Statesman, Daily Beast and the Guardian. Fatima lives in Karachi, Pakistan. 

Fatima is supported by the Asia: New Zealand Foundation

Website: fatimabhutto.com.pk

See also: Fatima Bhutto interview with Masoud Golsorkhi from Tank Magazine, 2010.