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== Samina Raja ==
Born	September 11, 1961(1961-09-11) Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
Occupation	Poet, Editor, Educationist, Broadcaster
Nationality	Pakistani
Ethnicity	Urdu
Citizenship	Pakistani
Education	MA
Genres	Ghazal, Nazm, Nasr
Subjects	Literature
Notable work(s)	Aur Wisal, Parikhana, Dil e Laila, Ishqabad
Notable award(s)	Prime Minister Award
Children	Daniall, Jeehad, Ehed
Influences Editor of Literary Magazines
Influenced poetry, Mythology
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Samina Raja is a renowned Pakistani poetess, writer, editor, translator, educationist and broadcaster. She writes in Urdu. She lives in Islamabad, Pakistan and works in the National Language Authority as a Subject Specialist.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Books of poetry 3 Poetry traits 4 Books of prose and translations 5 Editorship 6 Recent activities 7 Poetry by Samina Raja 8 GHAZAL

[edit] Biography

Raja was born on 11 September 1961 in Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan. She has a Master's degree in Urdu Literature from Punjab University Lahore. She started writing poetry in 1973 and has published twelve books of poetry, two Kulliat and one selection of her romantic poetry so far. She has written some books in Urdu prose and has edited and translated some valuable works of prose from English to Urdu.

Raja joined the National Book Foundation as a consultant and editor of monthly Kitab in 1998. In 1998 she also joined monthly Aassar as an editor.

As a media person, she has been conducting All Pakistan Mushairas since 1995 on Pakistan Television (PTV). She also has presented a long series of a famous literary program Urdu Adab Mein Aurat Ka Kirdar "The Role of Woman in Urdu Literature" on PTV.

Raja currently works as a Subject Specialist in the National Language Authority, Islamabad and is planning to bring out a new literary magazine Khwabgar[the Dream Maker]'s Ahmad Faraz (a great Urdu poet) number.

[edit] Books of poetry

She started writing in 1973 and has published twelve collections of her poetry. Following are the titles of her published books with their meanings in chronological order.

1. Huweda [1995]
2. Shehr e saba [1997]
3. Aur Wisal [1998]
4. Khwabnaey [1998]
5. Bagh e Shab [1999]
6. Bazdeed [2000]
7. Haft Aasman [2001]
8. Parikhana [2002]
9. Adan Ke Rastey Par [2003]
10. Dil e Laila [2004]
11. Ishqabad [2006]
12. Hijr Nama [2008]

She also has published two Kulliat and one selection of her poetry,

1. Kita e Khwab [2004]
2. Kitab e Jan [2005]
3. Woh Sham Zara Si Gehri Thi [2005]

[edit] Poetry traits

The femenine and human perspectives of love and longing, nostalgias of past and past lives, socio psychological problems of the new age, mythological and metaphysical subjects. Raja is the most prolific poetess of her time and has full command on both Ghazal and Nazm.

[edit] Books of prose and translations

1. Sharq Shanasi [2005] Orientalism by Edward Said
2. Bartanvi Hind Ka Mustaqbil [2007] Verdict on India by Beverley Nichols

[edit] Editorship

Raja has also been the editor of four literary magazines

1. Mustaqbil [1991,1994]
2. Kitab [1998,2005]
3. Aasar [1998,2004]
4. Khwabgar [2008]

[edit] Recent activities

She is working as a Subject Specialist in NLA and has restarted her literary magazine Aassar. She is publishing a special issue of her new magazine Khwabgar, Ahmad Faraz number.

[edit] Poetry by Samina Raja

[edit] GHAZAL

Ham kisi chashm-e-fusoon saz mein rakhay huay hain/ Khwab hain, khwab kay andaz mein rakhay huay hain

Taab anjam-e-muhabbat ki bhala kya latay/ Natawan dil wahin, aaghaz mein rakhay huay hain

Jaltay jaen gay abhi aur chraghon say chragh/ Jab teri anjuman-e-naaz mein rakhay huay hain

Ay hawa!aur khizaon kay ilawa kya hai/ Waswasay kion teri aawaz mein rakhay huay hain?

Ik sitaray ko to main subh talak lay aaei/ Beshtar,raat kay aaghaz mein rakhay huay hain

Kat kay woh par to hwaon mein kahin ur bhi gaey/ Dil yahin,hasrat-e-prwaz mein rakhay huay hain

Ham to hain aab-e-zar-e-ishq say likhay huay harf/ Baish qeemat hain, buhat raaz mein rakhay huay hain

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