Najeeba Arif

Najeeba Arif is a Pakistani academic, Urdu scholar, poet, researcher, author and translator.[1][2][3][4] She currently serves as the Chairperson of the Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL), becoming the first woman to hold the post.[1][2][5][4] She is a professor of literature and has made significant contributions to Urdu poetry. Dr. Professor Najeeba Arif has published numerous research articles and books in Urdu literature.[5]She has discovered, edited and published about a dozen manuscripts of eighteenth and nineteenth century.[4]She also founded the first Indexation Agency for the Urdu Research Journals at International Islamic University, Islamabad.[4]

Works

  1. Mukhotā (مکھوٹا – Urdu novel). Lahore: Aks Publications, 2023.[6]
  2. Nawāḥ-e-Kāzima (نواحِ کاظمہ – translation of Qasida Burda Sharif from Arabic into Urdu). Islamabad: Aimal Publications, 2022.[4]
  3. Rāgnī kī Khoj meñ (راگنی کی کھوج میں, memoirs). Lahore: Qausain Publishers, 2020.[4]
  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.[7]
  5. 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]
  6. 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]
  7. 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.[8][9]
  8. Rafta o āinda: Urdu adab kā manẓar-nāmah (رفتہ و آئنده، اردو ادب کا منظر نامہ). Islamabad: Poorab Academy, 2008.[4]
  9. Mumtaz Mufti: Shakhsiyat aur Fan (ممتاز مفتی: شخصیت اور فن, "Makers of Pakistani Literature" series). Islamabad: Pakistan Academy of Letters, 2007.[10]

Honours

Dr. Najeeba Arif’s essays were included in the special issue of the periodical Sahifa published on Iftikhar Arif.[11]




References

  1. ^ a b "Prof. Dr Najeeba Arif" – Karachi Literature Festival. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b "PAL gets first woman chairperson" – The Newspaper’s Staff Reporter. *Dawn*. 30 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Najeeba Arif – Rekhta poet profile" – Rekhta. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Shahid, Muhammad Hameed (27 October 2024). "Najiba Arif kay Liye [For Najeeba Arif]". HumSub. Retrieved 18 August 2025. Quote: "'Rāgnī kī Khoj Mein' is written in such a creative prose that I have read it repeatedly and enjoyed it afresh every time. I place it at the very top of her best works."
  5. ^ a b "PAL represents Pakistani literati in two international conferences in China" – PR. *The News International*. 17 June 2025.
  6. ^ "مکھوٹا by Dr Riffat Rafique – HumSub" – ڈاکٹر رفعت رفیق۔ HumSub. 19 December 2023.
  7. ^ Salim-ur-Rahman, M. (3 February 2019). "Good and bad old Uvudh". The News on Sunday. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  8. ^ "ممتاز مفتی کا فکری ارتقاء : PhD مقالہ". Internet Archive. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  9. ^ "'Mumtaz Mufti ka Fikri Irtiqa' by Najeeba Arif", Mumtaz Mufti Official Website. (Page includes discussion and commentary on the book.) Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  10. ^ Arif, Najeeba. *Mumtaz Mufti: Shakhsiyat Aur Fan*. Academy Adabiyat Pakistan, Islamabad, 2007. E-book available via Rekhta website. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  11. ^ "Special issue of periodical Sahifa on Iftikhar Arif published". The News International. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
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