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Rizwana Syed Ali is a fiction writer and journalist from Pakistan. She has a long career as an author and has used her writings for creating awareness in the society.
Rizwana Syed Ali is known for her works in Urdu fiction. A short story-writer and a novelist, Rizwana entered the field as a young writer for children's magazines. Most of those who have grown up reading Urdu magazines Taleem-o-Tarbeeat and Naunehal are familiar with her stories for children. Her fiction for kids and youngsters won her several awards including those from the National Book Foundation and Cambridge Education.
Urdu afsana (short-story) was a genre Rizwana entered a few years later and was published in Urdu Digest, Chilman etc. In recent years the focus of her writings has entirely shifted to afsana and novel. Her first collection of afsana titled Nok-i-Qalam Pe Khar was published in 2003. Arranged in chronological order, this collection traced her career in afsana naveesi. Next in line was Peelay pholo ka noha a collection of 17 afsanas published in 2007. Rizwana entered the world of novel writing in 2011 with the publication of Khwabgazeeda.
Another dimension to Rizwana’s work is her journalistic writings. She has been associated with the Urdu Dailies Islamabad Times, Ausaf and Subh as column-writer. Rizwana has always been a supporter of change through education in Pakistan. She has extensively written about the social disparities emanating from the stratified educational system in the country. In her research work on education,Seh Ranga Nizam-i-Taleem, she has argued that three systems of education that exist in Pakistan have damaged the society by deepening class differences. According to her, Pakistan's current education has set the society on a downward spiral instead of putting it on the path of development.
Fiction
2011 Khwabgazeeda (Novel)
2007 Peelay Pholon Ka Noha (Short-stories Collection)
Ferozsons Publishers, Lahore
2003 Nok-i-Qalam pe Khar (Short-stories Collection)
Javedan Publishers, Islamabad
1995 Seh-Ranga Nizam-i-Taleem (Research)
Career in Newspaper
Jang Publihsers, Lahore
Permanent Column Title: Nok-i-Qalam pe Khar
2009 Islamabad Times
2006- 07 Daily Ausaf Islamabad
2004 – 06 Daily Subh Peshawar
Books for Children
Bachpan Jhaorokay se
Abdul Ka Khawab
Darna Nahi
Ab Jang Na Ho
Resham Aik tha Jangal (3 vols)
Ghommain Nagar Nagar
Anokha Safar
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