Noor Rehman

Noor Rehman is an emerging Pakistani writer. He studied English Literature and Psychology at Government College University (Lahore) in his bachelor’s. In 2018, he participated in the LUMS Young Writers Workshop.

In 2019, he earned the Fulbright Scholarship and went to Orlando (USA) to pursue an MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) from the University of Central Florida (UCF). Meanwhile, he also began working on his debut novel Clay Bodies, which he plans to finish this summer. During his MFA, he also worked as a sub-editor for the Florida Review & Aquifer.

Currently, he teaches at the University of Central Punjab (UCP) in the English Department.

Oct 2022 – Present

Associate Lecturer, University of Central Punjab (UCP), LAHORE

• Teach a range of courses related to English Literature & Creative Writing 
• Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions about Literature & Writing 
• Evaluate student’s classwork and papers and provide feedback 
• Engage with students as a supervisor and discuss issues that impact their academic performance

AUG 2020 – MAY 2022

MFA CREATIVE WRITING, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA (UCF), ORLANDO

4.00/4.00 CGPA

• Attended a range of workshops related to fiction & poetry 
• Worked as an intern for the Florida Review & Aquifer 
• Completed & submitted the first ten chapters of my debut novel Clay Bodies as a creative thesis (I will finish it this summer) 

SEp 2013 – nov 2017

BS English Literature, Government College University (GCU), Lahore

• Studied a range of courses related to English literature & Psychology 
• Served as the President of the Safdar Mir English Literary Circle & organized seminars 
• Completed & submitted my research thesis titled “Defamiliarizing Revolutionary Literature: Marginalized Women in Ghani Khan’s Writings”