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{{Infobox writer
|name= Omer Tarin
|image= Omer Tarin.jpg
|birthdate= 1966
|birthplace= [[Peshawar]], [[Pakistan]]
|period= 1992-present
|occupation= Poet,writer, scholar, mystic
}}

'''Omer Tarin''' (real name '''Omer Salim Khan''')  , born 10 March 1966, is a well-known [[Pakistani]] poet, writer and scholar<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omer_Tarin Full Wikipedia article on Omer Tarin], retrieved 20 October 2012</ref>. He is also considered a mystic and [[Sufi]] thinker.

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==Background and career==
Tarin was born in [[Peshawar]], [[Pakistan]], in a well-educated and elite [[feudal]] family. He was taught at the [[Burn Hall School]], [[Abbottabad]], the [[Aitchison College]], [[Lahore]], and the [[University of the Punjab]], Lahore.<ref>[http://ilyask2.wordpress.com/tag/omer_tarin/ Interview with Poet Omer Tarin, November 2011], retrieved 20 October 2012</ref> He later got [[university]] [[Degree (school)|degrees]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. After teaching as a full-time college and university lecturer for many years in [[Islamabad]] and Lahore, Tarin then returned to his native [[Hazara]] region of [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] province and started various social assistance and charitable projects there<ref>Report ''Abbottabad'' weekly, Vol 2, No 16, March 2011</ref> in addition to managing his own property matters. He is also active in research and environmental studies and also makes occasional socio-political comments on global affairs in the media<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8025574.stm BBC Comment Pages]  Retrieved 27 October 2012</ref>.

==Poetry==
He has published several collections of poetry. Some of his work has been also published in the UK, the [[USA]] and other countries<ref>[http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL101176A Open Library Catalog for several editions of Omer Tarin's works] Retrieved 25 October 2012</ref>. His poetry is said to have a unique [[mystic]], [[transcendental]] tone and and vivid [[imagery]]<ref>See Ahmad Zafar, Review in ''Frontier Post'' Lahore ed, 12 May 1995, p 15; and Mazhar ul Salam, Preface to the collection 'Harvest Season of Love Songs', 1997, p. xi ISBN 969-8127-11-9  </ref>. It reflects certain basic, recurring qualities such as a broad, universal humanity; a mystical regard for nature, life and the universe;<ref>Dr S Duvenant Review [http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/164121688 Review] Retrieved 2 Nov 2012</ref> a sense of the frailty of human existence and a continued concern with the central issues of life/death and immortality<ref>Prof E Cyprian, critical review of Omer Tarins poetry, in daily ''The Nation'', Islamabad a(contracted; show full)* ''The Harvest Season of Love Songs:Poetry'' (1997)
* ''Sepoys and Sowars: Historical Essays'' (2000)
* ''Riverbeds Flowing:Selected Poems'' (2005)
* ''Selected Shorter Essays'' (2011)
* ''From Hill and Plain:Selected Short Stories'' (2011)

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