Her story
About Naseema
دل سے بولنے والا کلام
Naseema Nasreen Ali is an author, artist, and poet whose Urdu verse speaks directly to the heart — carrying themes of love, longing, faith, and reflection that resonate far beyond any one language or culture.
Her journey began as an art teacher, and over the decades grew into a lifelong creative path spanning poetry, painting, and calligraphy. Her published collection, Awaz-e-Dil (“Voice of the Heart”), brings together original Urdu poems written across a lifetime of observation and feeling.
Naseema currently resides in London, UK, where she continues to write, paint, and share her work with the world. Her work has touched readers and viewers around the globe — and she hopes it continues to reach further still. Whether you read Urdu fluently or are discovering it for the first time, her poetry is an invitation: to slow down, to feel, and to connect.
There’s plenty more to come — poems, readings, and memories spanning over 60 years of her work, with new content added frequently. Subscribe to her YouTube channel and join her WhatsApp Channel to stay updated.
Many ways to meet her work
Poet, painter, calligrapher, teacher
Across six decades her creativity has taken many forms. Choose a door below and step in.
Urdu PoetryشاعریHandwritten poems of love, faith and family
Awaz e Dil — The Bookآوازِ دلHer collected poems, free to read
Names of Allahاسماءُ اللہCanvases of the divine names
Sacred Calligraphyمقدس خطاطیDuas, Qur'anic verses and Bismillah
Floral Paintingsپھولوں کے رنگRoses, sunflowers and blossoms
Greeting CardsکارڈEid and occasion cards painted by handHear her reciteTap here to watch on YouTubeRead Awaz e Dil freeTap here to download the free PDFTeaching & writing
A life lived in colour and verse
What began in the classroom — teaching others to see and to draw — became a practice of her own: canvases of sacred names, florals painted freehand, and Urdu poems written and recited from the heart, gathered together in her book Awaz e Dil.
A note to her former students
Sixty years of friendship
Naseema taught art at Kulsoom Bai Valika school, in the Airport area of Karachi, Pakistan. Remarkably, many of her students from over 60 years ago remain close to her to this day, and much of her online community today is made up of these former students and their families.
If you’re one of her former students, she would love to hear from you directly — drop her an email at salam@naseemaali.com. And everyone is warmly invited to join her WhatsApp Channel to stay connected with her latest poems and art.
Dedication
“This collection is dedicated to my children.”