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Amina Shah

(1918-2014)
Author, poet, storyteller
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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.

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Born
10 July 1918
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died
19 January 2014 (aged 95)
Golders Green, London, England
Zodiac Cancer
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