Jameela Nishat
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Jameela Nishat | |
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 Nishat at the Hyderabad Literary Festival | |
| Born | 1955 (age 70–71) |
| Occupation | Poet, Editor, Educationalist, Feminist |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | Master of Arts |
| Genre | Ghazal, Nazm, |
| Subject | Literature |
Jameela Nishat (born 1955) is an Urdu poet,[1] editor, and feminist from Hyderabad, Telangana, India.[2]
Jameela Nishat was born in Hyderabad in a middle-class family. Her father, Syed Bin Mohammad, was a portrait artist. He was also a close friend of artist M F Hussain.[3]
She wrote in Kitab Numa, a journal published by Jamia Millia University in Delhi and in other poetry magazines.[citation needed] Her first book, Lava, a collection of poems, was published in 2000.[citation needed] Hoshang Merchant translated some of her poems from Lava and the translated poems were published by Sahitya Academy in 2008.[4] She has published three collections of poetry. Her work has also been featured in anthologies.[5][6]
SPARROW published a booklet on her life and work in 1999.[7] She is also one of the speakers at HLF - Hyderabad Literary Festival.[8][9]
She was one of the feminist poets at 100 Thousand Poets for Change Conference held from 3 June to 8 June 2015 in Salerno, Italy.[10]
In 2012, she founded the "Shaheen Collective - Shaheen's Women Resource and Welfare Association" to serve the cause of Muslim women.[11][12][13] The organization works for the welfare of women and elimination of domestic and social violence.[14][15]
Works
- Butterfly Caresses (Published by Patridge India, 2015), Radio interview on the book.
- Lams Ki Sawghat (Educational Publishing House, New Delhi,2006)
- Lamhey Ki Ankh (Published by Asmita Resource Centre for Women, Secunderabad, 2002)
- Lava (2000)
- Edited Inkeshaf, Anthology of Deccan Women Writers, Published by Asmita Resource Centre for Women, Secunderabad,2000).
