Kishwar Naheed has received awards including Sitara-e-Imtiaz for her literary contribution to Urdu literature.
18 Facts About Kishwar Naheed
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Kishwar Naheed was born in 1940 to a Syed family in Bulandshahr, British India.
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Kishwar Naheed finished Adeeb Fazil degree in Urdu and learned the Persian language.
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Kishwar Naheed struggled and fought to receive an education, when women were not allowed to go to school.
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Kishwar Naheed studied at home and received a high school diploma through correspondence courses.
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Kishwar Naheed married her friend and a poet Yousuf Kamran in 1960 and the couple have two sons.
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Kishwar Naheed has 12 volumes of her poetry published in both Pakistan and India.
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Kishwar Naheed has written eight books for children and won the prestigious UNESCO award for children's literature.
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Kishwar Naheed expresses this concern in her poem, Asin Burian We Loko, which is a touching focus on the plight of women in the present male-dominated society.
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Kishwar Naheed has served in major positions in various national institutions.
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Kishwar Naheed was Director General of Pakistan National Council of the Arts before her retirement.
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Kishwar Naheed edited a prestigious literary magazine Mahe Naw and founded an organisation Hawwa whose goal is to help women without an independent income become financially independent through cottage industries and selling handicrafts.
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Kishwar Naheed has been witness to the struggles and aspirations that Pakistan has gone through as a nation.
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Kishwar Naheed's written work, spanning more than four decades, chronicles her experiences as a woman writer engaged in the creative and civic arenas, even as she has dealt with personal, social, and official backlashes.
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That was the moment when Kishwar Naheed says she stopped being just a child and became a girl child.
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Kishwar Naheed has participated in global literary and cultural movements bringing together writers and artists who believe in a fair and equitable global political order.
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Kishwar Naheed is widely acclaimed for her sharp and incisive poetic expression, for being bold and direct, and, for celebrating the universal human struggle for equality, justice and freedom.
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Kishwar Naheed writes a regular weekly newspaper column in Daily Jang.