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and gender issues. She started writing short stories and poetry from a very young age and has to her credit one book of short stories as well. She has been writing columns, articles and critiques in various newspapers and magazines from the last 40 years. She is married to Abdul
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During all these years starting from 1968 to date, Dr
Fahmida Hussain has been writing in Sindhi, Urdu and English on various fronts: as a columnist, editor, researcher, translator, author and linguist. Dr Hussain serves as a member on the boards of a number of important educational institutions in
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English at the Institute of Education at the University of Sindh, a post she held until 1975. From 1978 to 1988 she taught as lecturer of Sindhi at the University of Karachi. In 1988 she was appointed as assistant professor, a post she held until 1995 when she was appointed a full Professor, and
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She has written several books on literature, Language engineering and on Shah Abdul Latif
Bhittai's poetry. Here is a list of books on credit of her: (2012) Sindhu Likhat-21st Sadi-a Men Thial Tahqique(Translation of research articles on Indus Script), Sindhi Language Authority Hyderabad
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Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Sindhi in the same university. Dr Fahmida Hussain is a prolific writer who has more than 15 books to her credit along with several research articles on the subjects of
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