Shamim Hashimi (Urdu/Persian/Arabic: شمیم ہاشمی; Hindi: शमीम हाशिमी; born Syed Muhammad Shamimuddin on 14 August 1947) is an Urdu and Persian poet.

After completing his studies from madrasa he joined Patna University and obtained master's degree in Urdu language & literature and Dip.

[2] He received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy for his research thesis on the life of a poet Mahjoor Shamsi.

[11] His poems and prose were published in national magazines of Urdu literature like Funoon, Shair, Aaj kal and subh-e-naw-patna etc.

On the broad canvas of human life Shamim Hashimi has deeply felt and spiritually experienced the agony of present, unevenness of time and atrocities..."[2] Nadim Balkhi: "...the main subject of the poems of Shamim Hashimi is Nostalgia which symbolises the complete inner and outer human world..."[2] Shamsur Rahman Faruqi: "...You have the tradition of intellect from the family of your mother and from that of your father as well and these two qualities are reflected in your poetry at a lot of places..."[2] Persian Urdu