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'''Arifa Jan''' (born c.1987) is an [[India]]n activist for felt rug making in [[Srinagar]] in [[Kashmir]]. Jan was awarded the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] on 8 March 2020.

==Life==
She was born in about 1987. She is known for reviving the Kashmiri art of rug making known as [[Namda]].<ref name="deccan"/> She graduated from the Craft Development Institute, Srinagar and she was involved in a project based on Namda textiles.<ref name=deccan/> Namda rugs have been made since the 11th century and they are not woven but felted. Layers of wool fibre are beaten together and then brightly embroidered. The older areas of Srinagar are known for this, but some skills like dyeing are no longer popular careers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/photos/india-news/namda-the-traditional-felted-craft-of-kashmir/photo-KuRJVeDIe1EoNgJpRJarDI.html|title=Namda - The traditional felted craft of Kashmir|date=2017-02-17|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref>

She has created three manufacturing facilities that employ 25 people and 100 women have been trained to produce these felted rugs. The first of the facilities was in the old part of Srinagar known as Sekidafar and later she created similar organisations in two other areas of Srinagar, Noorbagh and Nawa Kadal.<ref name=deccan>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/arifa-jan-s-journey-from-reviving-namda-art-to-nari-shakti-puraskar-811826.html|title=Arifa Jan's journey: From reviving 'Namda' art to Nari Shakti Puraskar|date=2020-03-08|website=Deccan Herald|language=en|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref>
[[File:Shri Narendra Modi with the Nari Shakti Awardees, in New Delhi on March 08, 2020.jpg|thumb|left|Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] with the Nari Shakti Awardees on [[International Women's Day]] in 2020. Jan is front, far right]]
Jan became one of what was called the "Magnificent Seven". These were seven women chosen to handle the Prime Minister's account on [[International Women's Day|Women's Day]]. The others were Chennai-based social worker [[Sneha Mohandoss]], [[bomb blast]] survivor [[Malvika Iyer]], [[Kashmiri Numdha]] mushroom farmer [[Bina Devi]], urban [[water conservationist]] [[Kalpana Ramesh]], Maharashtra Banjara handicraft promotor [[Vijaya Pawar]] and lady mason [[Kalavati Devi]].<ref name="indianewengland">{{cite web|url=https://indianewengland.com/2020/03/get-out-work-yourself-mushroom-mahila-message-to-women/|title=Get out, work yourself: 'Mushroom Mahila' message to women {{pipe}} INDIA New England News|website=indianewengland.com|access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref>

On the same day she was given the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]].<ref name="bhaskarhindi">{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskarhindi.com/national/news/womens-day-2020-president-kovind-awarded-nari-shakti-puraskar-to-bina-devi-and-many-women-113590|author=Dainik Bhaskar Hindi|title=Women's Day 2020: President Kovind awarded Nari Shakti Puraskar to Bina Devi and many women {{pipe}} Women's Day 2020: 103 वर्षीय मान कौर को नारी शक्ति पुरस्कार, 'मशरूम महिला' भी सम्मानित - दैनिक भास्कर हिंदी|website=bhaskarhindi.com|access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref> President [[Ram Nath Kovind]] awarded her one of twelve awards. The awards were made on [[International Women's Day]] in New Delhi.<ref name=mag7>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/meet-the-7-women-achievers-who-took-over-pm-modis-social-media-accounts/7-bina-devi/slideshow/74547302.cms|title=Meet the 7 women achievers who took over PM Modi's social media accounts on Women's Day: PM Modi's 'magnificent seven'|website=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Nari Shakti Puraskar}}

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[[Category:1987 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian activists]]
[[Category:People from Srinagar]]
[[Category:Rugs and carpets]]
[[Category:Nari Shakti Puraskar winners]]

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