Amir Hamza Khan Shinwari, commonly known as Hamza Baba was a prominent Pashto poet, playwright and author.
14 Facts About Hamza Shinwari
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Hamza Shinwari's works are studied at Master-level at the University of Peshawar.
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Hamza Shinwari is considered a bridge between classic Pashto literature and modern forms.
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Hamza Shinwari was born in Landi Kotal, Khyber District, as the fourth of five sons in the house of Malik Bazmir Khan.
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Hamza Shinwari endured what was for him a miserable experience for as long as he could, leaving school permanently during the tenth grade.
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When Hamza Shinwari worked on the railways, he had very little money.
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Hamza Shinwari travelled to Mumbai to work in the film industry but failed to establish himself.
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Hamza Shinwari was a critic and a playwright, producing 200 plays for Radio Pakistan, features, critical essays, and research papers for different literary newspapers of Pakistan.
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Hamza Shinwari belonged to the Shinwari tribe of the ethnic Pashtuns.
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Hamza Shinwari's work is considered a fusion between classic and modern poetry.
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Hamza Shinwari wrote classical poetry, blended it with recent innovations, and introduced new ideas in Pashtan ghazals.
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Hamza Shinwari is known as the father of Pashto Ghazals.
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Hamza Shinwari died in February 1994 and is buried in Khyber District.
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Hamza Shinwari lived for some thirty years in Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.