Jameela Nishat Explained

Jameela Nishat
Birth Date:1955
Birth Place:Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Nationality:Indian
Genre:Ghazal, Nazm,
Subject:Literature

Jameela Nishat (born 1955) is an Urdu poet,[1] editor, and feminist from Hyderabad, Telangana, India.[2]

Biography

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. Her first book, Lava, a collection of poems, was published in 2000. 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

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Susie Tharu and K. Lalitha. Women Writing in India, Volume II: 20th Century . 1991. The Feminist Press at The City University of New York, The Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016 . 9781558610293.
  2. Web site: Poetry International Rotterdam. Jameela Nishat - Her Profile. Poetry International Rotterdam, September, 2007. 19 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20170420052404/http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/9960/27/Jameela-Nishat. 20 April 2017. dead.
  3. Web site: The Sunday Tribune. Pioneer of Change . The Tribune - Tribune India.
  4. Web site: The Hindu . A universe of verse . The Hindu Newspaper.
  5. Book: Arlene R. K. Zide . In Their Own Voice: Penguin Anthology of Contemporary Indian Women Poets - Arlene R. K. Zide, Pages, 166-167 . Penguin books India (p) ltd.
  6. Book: Ammu Joseph . Storylines: Conversations with Women Writers, Pages, 233-237 . Women's World India and Asmita Resource Centre for Women, 2003.
  7. Web site: Sparrow . Jameela Nishat A Poem Slumbers In My Heart . Sparrow, January, 1999 . 19 January 2015 . 3 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170703051211/http://www.sparrowonline.org/booklets.html . dead .
  8. Web site: MuseIndia . Hyderabad Literary Festival . Muse India . 19 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160414193124/http://www.museindia.com/regularcontent.asp?issid=48&id=4035 . 14 April 2016 . dead .
  9. Web site: HydLitFest. HLF. 19 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150119173427/http://www.hydlitfest.org/speakers.php?page=1. 19 January 2015. dead.
  10. Web site: succedeoggi.it . Alla Fondazione Alfonso Gatto di Salerno,Poesia senza bavaglio . 3 June 2015. succedeoggi.it.
  11. Web site: The Hindu . Be the change you want. The Hindu Newspaper.
  12. Web site: New Indian Express . Asmitha Resource Center Observes Human Rights Day. https://web.archive.org/web/20131213100219/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/Asmita-Resource-Centre-Observes-Human-Rights-Day/2013/12/11/article1939611.ece . dead . 13 December 2013 . New Indian Express, 11 December 2013.
  13. Web site: Journeys For Change . Journeys for Change - Alice Chou on Shaheen, bringing Muslim and Hindu women to empower themselves . Journeys for Change . 28 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161005094019/http://www.journeysforchange.org/node/121 . 5 October 2016 . dead .
  14. Web site: NewsWala. Members of NGOs Wep-Ushassu and Shaheen Resource Centre for Women take out rally on International Day of the Girl. Newswala, 11 October 2012. 28 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402104352/http://www.newswala.com/Hyderabad-News/Members-of-NGOs-Wep-Ushassu-and-Shaheen-Resource-Centre-for-Women-take-out-rally-on-International-Day-of-the-Girl-19617.html. 2 April 2015. dead.
  15. Web site: Vanitha TV. Ms.Jameela Nishat - Shaheen Women's Resource and Welfare Association . Vanitha TV.
  16. Web site: The Hindu . Devi Award. The New Indian Express.

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