Halide Salam

Halide Salam was born in West Bengal, India, but spent her early life in East Pakistan, now Bangladesh.
In 1971, she came to the United States as a young refugee to escape the Pakistan Army invasion, which ultimately led to the Bangladesh Liberation War. Halide received her MA in painting from New Mexico Highlands University, NM holds a Ph.D. in Fine Arts from Texas Tech University. TX. She studied sacred geometry and art traditions under the renowned British geometer Keith Critchlow. As a visual naturalist, her paintings are Trans-Stations of Migration, Light, Time, and Place. Halide has exhibited and lectured both nationally and internationally, won awards, and participated in residencies in the USA and abroad. Her first book, Between Two Spaces: Reflections on the Spiritual Art was nominated for the USA 2008 National Book Award in Nonfiction.

When the River Meets the Sea is her first novel.