Ifti Nasim [SEP] cause of death
Nasim died in hospital in Chicago on July 22, 2011 following a heart attack, at the age of 64.
Poetry.
The publication for which Ifti Nasim was best known was a book of poetry entitled "Narman", a word meaning "hermaphrodite" or "half-man, half-woman" in Persian. It met immediate controversy in Pakistan and had to be distributed underground; even the printer of the book, belatedly realizing its contents, was reported to shout, "Take these unholy and dirty
Ifti Nasim
Ifti Nasim (1946 – July 22, 2011) was a gay Pakistani American poet. Having moved to the United States to escape persecution for his sexual orientation, he became known locally for establishing Sangat, an organization to support LGBT south-Asian youths, and internationally for publishing "Narman", a poetry collection that was the first open expression of homosexual themes in the Urdu language. Nasim was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame in 1996.
Personal life.
Nasim was born