Kishwar naheed date of birth
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People and Society in Kishwar Naheed’s I am not That Woman
Authors
- Nisha Singh Assistant Professor, Department of English, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi, India
Keywords:
Politics, Feminism, Sovereign, EmancipationAbstract
Kishwar Naheed has been a courageous and sovereign expression in sustenance of the talents in Pakistan and has functioned firm to resuscitate vanishing crafts in remote areas, for the past 45 years, Kishwar Naheed was born into a conventional household that educated its sons well and daughters always at receiving ends. Kishwar asserted on advanced learning, she did her masters, and also wrote poetry. She had gone for choice marriage and had to leave her family. She became a civil servant, a career which she followed for 38 years. She was referred on leave for five years when the country was under martial law, she went to court to protest her suspension, and was reinstated. She was briefly in prison in February 1983, along with
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Kishwar Naheed
Pakistani writer
Kishwar Naheed (Urdu: کشور ناہید) (born 18 June 1940)[1] is a feministUrdu poet and writer from Pakistan. She has written several poetry books. She has also received awards including Sitara-e-Imtiaz for her literary contribution to Urdu literature.[2][3]
Early life
Kishwar Naheed was born in 1940 to a Syed family in Bulandshahr, British India.[2] After the partition, she migrated to Lahore, Pakistan with her family in 1949.[4] Kishwar was a witness to the violence (including rape and abduction of women) associated with the partition of India.[5] The bloodshed at that time left a lasting impression on her at a tender age.[6] As a young girl, Kishwar was inspired by the girls who had started going to Aligarh Muslim University in those times. The white kurta and white gharara under a black burqa that they wore looked so elegant to her and she wanted to go to college, to educate herself.[7]
She finished Adeeb Fazil degree in Urdu and also learned the Persi
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For the past 45 years, Kishwar Naheed has been a fearless and independent voice in support of the arts in Pakistan and has worked hard to revive dying crafts in remote areas.
For over four decades, Kishwar Naheed has been a fearless and independent voice in support of the arts and culture in Pakistan, in an environment that has, at times, been extremely hostile. In her current role as coordinator of Hawwa Crafts Cooperatives, this gifted feminist writer, poet, and activist has been responsible for reviving dying crafts in remote areas of Pakistan, and for helping about 2000 craftswomen make better lives for themselves.
Kishwar Naheed was born into a middle-class family that educated its sons well but only taught its daughters to read and write before arranging marriages for them. Kishwar insisted on higher education, did her masters, and wrote poetry. She married a man of her own choice, was disowned by her family, and became a civil servant, a career which she pursued for 38 years. Sent on leave for five years when the country was under martial law, she went to court to protes
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