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{{short description|Indian painter, calligrapher, writer and linguist}}
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'''Ameena Ahmad Ahuja''' is an Indian painter, [[calligrapher]], writer and linguist, known for her Urdu poetry-inspired art works.<ref name="Calligraphying Poetry on Canvas">{{cite web | url=http://www.the-south-asian.com/april2005/ameena_ahmed_calligraphy.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203231049/http://www.the-south-asian.com/april2005/ameena_ahmed_calligraphy.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2017-02-03 | title=Calligraphying Poetry on Canvas | publisher=The South Asian | date=April 2005 | access-date=12 February 2016}}</ref>

==Biography==
Ameena Ahmad Ahuja was born to a British mother and [[Nuruddin Ahmed]], a barrister and litterateur. She did her training in art at the [[Slade School of Art]] in London.<ref name="Amazing synthesis of art, poetry">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/amazing-synthesis-of-art-poetry/article1843317.ece | title=Amazing synthesis of art, poetry | newspaper=The Hindu | date=17 May 2007 | access-date=12 February 2016}}</ref> She is a former member of faculty of the Department of Russian at the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] (JNU)<ref name="Amazing synthesis of art, poetry" /> and, besides Russian, she is proficient in languages such as [[Persian language|Persian]], German, French, [[Hindi languages|Hindi]] and English.<ref name="Calligraphying Poetry on Canvas" /> Her career also covered stints at [[Columbia University]] as a lecturer of poetry and as an [[Artist-in-residence]] at the [[Harvard University]] and her exhibitions have been staged at many places in India<ref name="Animal verse">{{cite web | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/wisdom-of-birds-and-animals-exhibition-of-calligraphic-paintings-by-ameena-ahmed-ahuja/1/232814.html | title=Animal verse | publisher=India Today | date=5 March 2001 | access-date=12 February 2016}}</ref> and abroad including Moscow, Tokyo, Venezuela, Columbia and New York.<ref name="Ameena Ahmad Ahuja donates 33 paintings to Jamia Millia Islamia">{{cite web | url=http://www.oneindia.com/2007/05/16/ameena-ahmad-ahuja-donates-33-paintings-to-jamia-millia-islamia-1179310308.html | title=Ameena Ahmad Ahuja donates 33 paintings to Jamia Millia Islamia | publisher=One India | date=16 May 2007 | access-date=12 February 2016}}</ref> She has served as the official translator during the visits of Soviet dignitaries including [[Alexei Kosygin]], [[Nikolai Bulganin]], [[Nikita Khrushchev]] and [[Leonid Brezhnev]] to India.<ref name="Calligraphying Poetry on Canvas" />

She was married to Vishnu Ahuja, a diplomat and former ambassador to the USSR and had opportunities to visit many countries, accompanying her husband, who has since died.<ref name="Calligraphying Poetry on Canvas" />

==Publications==
She is the author of the book, ''Calligraphy in Islam'', a text in [[Urdu]], published 2009 by [[Penguin India]].<ref name="Calligraphy in Islam">{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.in/dp/0670082600 | title=Calligraphy in Islam | publisher=Penguin India | author=Ameena Ahmed Ahuja | year=2009 | pages=120 | isbn=9780670082605}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2009, for her contributions to Arts.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2016 |access-date=3 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>

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== Further reading ==
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* {{cite book | title=Calligraphy in Islam | publisher=Penguin India | author=Ameena Ahmed Ahuja | year=2009 | pages=120 | isbn=9780670082605}}

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