1. Fahmida Riaz was an Urdu writer, poet and activist from Pakistan.
16 Facts About Fahmida Riaz
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Fahmida Riaz authored many books, such as Godaavari, Khatt-e Marmuz, and Khana e Aab O Gil in addition to the first translation in rhyme of the Masnavi of Jalaluddin Rumi from Persian into Urdu.
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Fahmida Riaz translated the works of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai and Shaikh Ayaz from Sindhi to Urdu.
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Fahmida Riaz was born on 28 July 1946 to a literary family from Meerut, British India.
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Fahmida Riaz's father, Riaz-ud-Din Ahmed, was an educationist involved in mapping and developing the modern education system for the province of Sindh.
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Fahmida Riaz's family settled in the city of Hyderabad after her father's transfer to Sindh.
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Fahmida Riaz's father died when she was four, and she was raised by her mother.
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Fahmida Riaz learned about Urdu and Sindhi literature in her childhood, and later learnt the Persian language.
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Fahmida Riaz spent some years in the United Kingdom with her first husband, during which she worked with the BBC Urdu service.
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Fahmida Riaz earned a degree in film making, and had a daughter.
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Fahmida Riaz later had two children from her second marriage with Zafar Ali Ujan, a leftist political worker.
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Fahmida Riaz worked in an advertising agency in the city of Karachi before beginning her own Urdu publication, Awaz.
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Fahmida Riaz was charged with sedition under Section 124A of the Pakistan Penal Code.
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Fahmida Riaz had relatives in India, and her children went to school there.
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Fahmida Riaz's husband joined them in India after his release from jail.
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Fahmida Riaz received a warm welcome on her return from exile.