Najeeba Arif

Najeeba Arif is a Pakistani writer, poet, academic, translator known for her contribution to Urdu literature and research.^[1][2][3][4] She currently serves as the Chairperson of the Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL),^[5] becoming the first woman to hold the post.^[6][4] Najeeba Arif has published some research articles and books in Urdu literature.^[1]

Works

• Mukhotā (مکھوٹا – Urdu novel). Lahore: Aks Publications, 2023.^[7]
• Nawāḥ-e-Kāzima (نواحِ کاظمہ – translation of Qasida Burda Sharif from Arabic into Urdu). Islamabad: Aimal Publications, 2022.^[4]
• Rāgnī kī Khoj meñ (راگنی کی کھوج میں, memoirs). Lahore: Qausain Publishers, 2020^[4]
• Safar mulk-e-Oudh: Yūsuf Khān Kambalposh kā nādir wa ghair matbūʿa safarnāma (1847) (سیر ملک اودھ، یوسف خان کمبل پوش کا نادر وغیر مطبوعہ سفرنامہ). Lahore: Cooperative Society, 2017.^[8]
• Maʿānī se Ziyādah (معانی سے زیاده, first poetry collection). Karachi: Sheherzade, 2015. (Awarded "Best Book of the Year" at Karachi Literature Festival by Oxford University Press).^[4]
• 9/11 aur Pakistani Urdu Afsāna: Adab kā nav-muzāḥimatī rujḥān (نو گیارہ اور پاکستانی اردو افسانہ: اردو ادب کا نو مزاحمتی رُجحان, critical introduction and selected stories). Islamabad: Poorab Academy, 2011.^[4]
• Mumtaz Mufti kā Fikrī Irtiqā: Nafsiyāt, Taṣawwuf aur Qurʾān (ممتاز مفتی کا فکری ارتقا: نفسیات، تصوف اور قرآن, research monograph). Lahore: Al-Faisal Nashran, 2011.^[9][10]
• Rafta o āinda: Urdu adab kā manẓar-nāmah (رفتہ و آئنده، اردو ادب کا منظر نامہ). Islamabad: Poorab Academy, 2008.^[4]
• Mumtaz Mufti: Shakhsiyat aur Fan (ممتاز مفتی: شخصیت اور فن, "Makers of Pakistani Literature" series). Islamabad: Pakistan Academy of Letters, 2007.^[11]

Honours

Arif’s essays were included in the special issue of the periodical Sahifa published on Iftikhar Arif.^[12]