Zubair Torwali Explained

Zubair Torwali
Birth Place:Bahrain, Swat, Pakistan
Nationality:Pakistani
Occupation:Social activist

Zubair Torwali is a community activist, linguist and educator based in Bahrain, Pakistan. Torwali has dedicated himself to preserving and promoting Pakistan's Dardic Dardic cultures and languages. He has authored and overseen numerous books about the Torwali people and their culture.[1] In addition to being an author, he is also a researcher and public speaker.[2] [3] [4]

His book in English, Muffled Voices, provides insight into Pakistan's social, cultural, and political issues. Zubair Torwali is the Editor of "We Mountains" magazine which covers the culture of the Pakistani Himalayas. The author is a prolific writer of research papers and articles written for English dailies and weeklies of Pakistan.

Zubair Torwali also serves as the editor of "We Mountains", a magazine covering the culture of the Pakistani Himalayas. As a writer, he has authored numerous research papers and articles including for Pakistani English dailies and weeklies.[5] He is the founder of Idara Baraye Taleem-o-Taraqi,[6] an organisation promoting the rights of marginalised language communities of northern Pakistan.

Torwali is a member of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, a Fellow of Japan's 2013 Asian Leadership Fellow Program and was shortlisted for the International Bremen Peace Award 2015.[3] Mr. Torwali is also a Public Peace Prize laureate "…for his extraordinary commitment to giving a voice to the unheard by helping increase literacy in the indigenous people of Northern Pakistan".[7] He was awarded the 2012 Hellman-Hammett Grant by Human Rights Watch."[8] In 2021 I.B.T. whose Director is Zubair Torwali was chosen for the Linguapax International Award.

Torwali graduated from Jahanzeb College in Swat, Pakistan, and completed his master's studies at the University of Peshawar.[9]

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  1. Web site: We Have Words like Everyone: A Roundtable Discussion with Six Poets from Poems from the Edge of Extinction . 15 January 2020 . Modern Poetry in Translation . 2020-04-21.
  2. Web site: Zubair Torwali | Language, Culture and Justice Hub | Projects | Ethics Center | Brandeis University . Brandeis.edu . 2020-04-21.
  3. Web site: Voices of the unheard in Pakistan: Zubair Torwali . Stiftung die Schwelle . Schwelle Foundation . 2024-07-14.
  4. https://aeon.co/essays/how-dardistan-became-one-of-the-most-multilingual-places-on-earth? Aeon:24th June 2022:How Dardistan became one of the most multilingual places on earth.
  5. Web site: The Languages of Northern Pakistan – Criterion Quarterly . Criterion-quarterly.com . 2019-12-26 . 2020-04-21.
  6. Web site: 'توروالی' اپنی مادری زبان کیسے بچا رہے ہیں؟ . Independent Urdu . 2020-01-28 . ur . 2020-04-21.
  7. Web site: Zubair Torwali | The Public Peace Prize Website . Publicpeaceprize.org . 2019-09-21 . 2020-04-21.
  8. Web site: Acumen on January 20, 2017 . Meet Our 2017 Regional Fellows . Acumen . 2017-01-20 . 2020-04-21.
  9. Web site: Zubair Torwali – Language, Culture and Justice Hub . 2024-02-26 . en-US.
  10. Torwali . Zubair . Vestiges of Torwali culture . Idara Braye Taleem-o Taraqi . January 2006 . 10.13140/RG.2.1.2272.1049 . 14 July 2024 . en.
  11. Book: Torwali . Zubair . Muffled voices: longing for a pluralist & peaceful Pakistan . 2015 . Multi Line Publications . Lahore, Pakistan . 978-9698985066.
  12. Book: Koo . Edwin . Prüst . Marc . Gouvion Saint-Cyr . Agnès de . Torwali . Zubair . Millet . Raphaël . Koo . Edwin . Koo . Edwin . Paradise . 2013 . Produced by ArtPostAsia Pte. Ltd . Makati, Philippines . 978-9710579235 . First.
  13. https://www.brandeis.edu/ethics/internationaljustice/language-culture-justice/members/zubair-torwali.html Brandeis
  14. Web site: Usman . Noah . Linguistic Diversity in Pakistan . www.americanpakistan.org . American Pakistan Foundation . 14 July 2024 . en . 22 June 2021.
  15. Web site: Torwali . Zubair . How Dardistan became one of the most multilingual places on Earth . Aeon . Sam Haselby . 14 July 2024 . en . 24 June 2022.

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