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{{Infobox writer
| name = Jameela Nishat
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| caption = Nishat at the [[Hyderabad Literary Festival]]
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| birth_date = 1955
| birth_place = [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], [[India]].
| occupation = [[Poet]], Editor, Educationalist, [[Feminist]]
| nationality = Indian
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| education = [[Master of Arts]]
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| genre = Ghazal, Nazm,
| subject = Literature
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'''Jameela Nishat''' (born 1955) is an Urdu poet,<ref name=" About Jameela Nishat on Page 587 ">{{cite book|author= Susie Tharu and K. Lalitha|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=OjZYf9Xf9bcC&q=women+writings+in+india+-+600+bc+to+present+page+587 |title= Women Writing in India, Volume II: 20th Century |year = 1991|publisher= The Feminist Press at The City University of New York, The Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016 |isbn = 9781558610293}}</ref> editor, and [[feminist]] from [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], [[India]].<ref name="Jameela Nishat - Her Profile">{{cite web|author= Poetry International Rotterdam|url= http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/9960/27/Jameela-Nishat|title= Jameela Nishat - Her Profile|publisher= Poetry International Rotterdam, September, 2007|access-date= 19 January 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170420052404/http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/9960/27/Jameela-Nishat|archive-date= 20 April 2017|url-status= dead}}</ref>

==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]].<ref name=" Jameela Nishat talking about her father and M F Hussain">{{cite web|author= The Sunday Tribune|url= http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100822/spectrum/main2.htm|title= Pioneer of Change |publisher= The Tribune - Tribune India}}</ref>

She wrote in ''Kitab Numa'', a journal published by [[Jamia Millia University]] in Delhi and in other poetry magazines.{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}} Her first book, ''Lava'', a collection of poems, was published in 2000.{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}} [[Hoshang Merchant]] translated some of her poems from ''Lava'' and the translated poems were published by [[Sahitya Academy]] in 2008.<ref name=" Poems of Jameela Nishat are translated by Hoshang Merchant">{{cite web|author= The Hindu |url= http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/a-universe-of-verse/article100658.ece|title= A universe of verse |publisher= The Hindu Newspaper}}</ref> She has published three collections of poetry. Her work has also been featured in anthologies.<ref name="Jameela Nishat was featured in Anthologies">{{cite book|author= Arlene R. K. Zide |title= In Their Own Voice: Penguin Anthology of Contemporary Indian Women Poets - Arlene R. K. Zide, Pages, 166-167 |publisher= Penguin books India (p) ltd}}</ref><ref name="Jameela Nishat">{{cite book|author= Ammu Joseph |title= Storylines: Conversations with Women Writers, Pages, 233-237 |publisher= Women's World India and Asmita Resource Centre for Women, 2003}}</ref>

SPARROW published a booklet on her life and work in 1999.<ref name="Sparrow Published a Booklet on her Life ">{{cite web|author= Sparrow |url= http://www.sparrowonline.org/booklets.html|title= Jameela Nishat A Poem Slumbers In My Heart|publisher= Sparrow, January, 1999 }}</ref> She is also one of the speakers at HLF - [[Hyderabad Literary Festival]].<ref name="Jameela Nishat at HLF">{{cite web |author= MuseIndia |url= http://www.museindia.com/regularcontent.asp?issid=48&id=4035 |title= Hyderabad Literary Festival |publisher= Muse India |access-date= 19 January 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160414193124/http://www.museindia.com/regularcontent.asp?issid=48&id=4035 |archive-date= 14 April 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref name="HLF">{{cite web|author= HydLitFest|url= http://www.hydlitfest.org/speakers.php?page=1|title= HLF|access-date= 19 January 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150119173427/http://www.hydlitfest.org/speakers.php?page=1|archive-date= 19 January 2015|url-status= dead}}</ref>

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.<ref name=" Jameela Nishat at 100 Thousand Poets for Change Conference">{{cite web|author= succedeoggi.it |url= http://www.succedeoggi.it/2015/06/poesia-senza-bavaglio/|title= Alla Fondazione Alfonso Gatto di Salerno,Poesia senza bavaglio |publisher= succedeoggi.it}}</ref>

In 2012, she founded the "Shaheen Collective - Shaheen's Women Resource and Welfare Association" to serve the cause of Muslim women.<ref name=" Welfare Center run by Jameela Nishat ">{{cite web|author= The Hindu |url= http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/be-the-change-you-want/article5171169.ece|title= Be the change you want|publisher= The Hindu Newspaper}}</ref><ref name=" Resource Center ">{{cite web|author= New Indian Express |url=
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/Asmita-Resource-Centre-Observes-Human-Rights-Day/2013/12/11/article1939611.ece |title= Asmitha Resource Center Observes Human Rights Day|publisher= New Indian Express, 11 December 2013}}</ref><ref name=" Founder - Shaheen Resource Centre for Women ">{{cite web |author= Journeys For Change |url= http://www.journeysforchange.org/node/121 |title= Journeys for Change - Alice Chou on Shaheen, bringing Muslim and Hindu women to empower themselves |publisher= Journeys for Change |access-date= 28 March 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161005094019/http://www.journeysforchange.org/node/121 |archive-date= 5 October 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref> The organization works for the welfare of women and elimination of domestic and social violence.<ref name=" Shaheen Resource Center for Women ">{{cite web|author= NewsWala|url= 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|title= Members of NGOs Wep-Ushassu and Shaheen Resource Centre for Women take out rally on International Day of the Girl|publisher= Newswala, 11 October 2012|access-date= 28 March 2015|archive-url= 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|archive-date= 2 April 2015|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref name="Shaheen Collective Founder ">{{cite web|author= Vanitha TV|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWlyZ_gOd7c |title= Ms.Jameela Nishat - Shaheen Women's Resource and Welfare Association |publisher= Vanitha TV}}</ref>

== Works ==
* ''Butterfly Caresses'' (Published by Patridge India, 2015), [https://soundcloud.com/kated-294710598/jameela-nishat/s-5aPD6ny2CyQ?si=5137e033ebf34dc6b9e778bd2d8e31de Radio interview on the book].
* '' Lams Ki Sawghat'' (Educational Publishing House, New Delhi,2006)
* ''Lamhey Ki Ankh'' (Published by Asmita Resource Centre for Women, Secunderabad, 2002)
* ''Lava'' (2000)
* Edited ''Inkeshaf'', Anthology of Deccan Women Writers, Published by Asmita Resource Centre for Women, Secunderabad,2000).

== Awards ==
* [[Makhdoom Mohiuddin|Maqdoom]] Award (1972) {{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}
* Devi Award by The New Indian Express (2015) <ref name=" Devi Award for Jameela Nishat by The New Indian Express">{{cite web|author= The Hindu |url= http://www.eventxpress.com/devi2015/|title= Devi Award|publisher= The New Indian Express}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* http://shaheencollective.org
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWlyZ_gOd7c
* http://www.asmitacollective.in/asmita_shaheen.html

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