Husne Ara Shahed

Husne Ara Shahed (হোসনে আরা শাহেদ) was a Bangladeshi author and educationist.

Biography
She was former principal of Sher-e-Bangla Balika Mahavidyalaya in Dhaka.

Ara was married to A. F. Shahed Ali. They have two sons and one daughter. Her son Faheem Hasan Shahed is an academic.

She was a trustee of Gono University.

Books
Her story Sarojinir Chhabi is taught as a text in Department of Modern Indian Languages & Literary Studies (Bengali), University of Delhi.

Edited books

 * Dhaka University in the Nineties, Unforgettable Dhaka University, published by Dhaka University Alumni Association, in February 2006.
 * মুক্তিযুদ্ধের শতগল্প (in Bengali) (Hundred stories of Liberation war) published by Globe library in 2001.

Awards
Shahed received many awards.
 * Award of Bangladesh Lekhika Songho (1998)
 * Special Awards from Dhaka University Philosophy Department Alumni Association (2012)

Death
Shahed died on 7 July 2022 in Dhaka.