Ryhaan Shah
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Ryhaan Shah is an Indo-Guyanese writer born in Berbice, Guyana. She is the President of the Guyanese Indian Heritage Association (GIHA).[1]
In November 2009, Shah was chosen one of The 500 Most Influential Muslims as a novelist, despite criticism for race baiting in Guyana's 2015 election.[2]
The GIHA aims to promote Indo-Guyanese culture. The organization competes with the Indian Arrival Committee, which is aligned with the People's Progressive Party. GIHA seeks to maintain a distinct Indian identity, and is against assimilation or creolization into the greater Afro-Guyanese community.[1] She has described Guyana as a stop-over point for Indians, seeking better, safer places abroad.[3]
Shah lived outside of Guyana from 1976 to 1997 in the US, Britain and Grand Cayman.[4]
