- Wet Sun
- The Nest
- A Rose
- Rainy Days
- Dream Reality
- Midnight Dialogue
- Life’s Triangle
- The Luminous Path
- To Discover the Unknown.
- Gardish-e-Dauraan in Urdu
In contrast to these, her work of shairo shayari Urdu is comparatively less, owing to her experience, once with another famous poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz to whom she had presented her work but got a remark which was, “It will take around fifteen years for you to learn poetry”. This reply was somewhat unsettling and distressing for her. Since then she had resolved to pursue her work more in English than Urdu. The result of this is her nine English books and just 2 works of Urdu namely, Gardish -e- Dauraan and the other still being written.
Music by Syeda Henna Babar Ali
Apart from her written works, she has contributed a lot to music. Having received vocal training from a number of music maestros and legends including, Madam Nur Jehan and Farida Khanum, Ustad Nazim Ali Khan and Ustad Abdul Haq Qureshi. Henna has developed a proclivity towards reciting Hamd and Naat lately. Some of her notable works are:
- Dil Mein
- SubhanAllah
- Ali Ke Naam Se
- Noor Hi Noor Hai
- Musalman
- Hum Ho Gaye Allah Ke
She stresses much upon women in her poetic writings. She advocates their position in the society and makes effort to help them realize their true strengths and potentials. Her poetry is emotionally moving and stirs women into action to realize their worth. Her poignant writings invoke a feeling of humanity and kindness for the people and love for nature.
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