Rizwana Syed Ali


Rizwana Syed Ali is a fiction writer from Pakistan. She has a long career as an author and has used her writings for creating awareness in the society.

Introduction

Rizwana Syed Ali is known for her works in Urdu fiction. A short story-writer and a novelist, Rizwana entered the field as a young writer for children's magazines. Most of those who have grown up reading Urdu magazines Taleem-o-Tarbiat and Naunehal are familiar with her stories for children. Her fiction for kids and youngsters won her several awards including those from the National Book Foundation and Cambridge Educational.
Urdu afsana was a genre Rizwana entered a few years later and was published in Urdu Digest, Chilman etc. In recent years the focus of her writings has entirely shifted to afsana and novel. Her first collection of afsana titled Nok-i-Qalam Pe Khar was published in 2003. Arranged in chronological order, this collection traced her career in afsana naveesi. Next in line was Peelay pholo ka noha a collection of 17 afsanas published in 2007. Rizwana entered the world of novel writing in 2011 with the publication of Khwabgazeeda. One reviewer writes about her novel as:
Another dimension to Rizwana’s work is her journalistic writings. She has been associated with the Urdu Dailies Islamabad Times, Ausaf and Subh as column-writer.
Rizwana has always been a supporter of change through education in Pakistan. She has extensively written about the social disparities emanating from the stratified educational system in the country. In her research work on education, Seh Ranga Nizam-i-Taleem, she has argued that three systems of education that exist in Pakistan have damaged the society by deepening class differences. According to her, Pakistan's current education has set the society on a downward spiral instead of putting it on the path of development.

Fiction

2011 Khwabgazeeda

2007 Peelay Pholon Ka Noha

2003 Nok-i-Qalam pe Khar

1995 Seh-Ranga Nizam-i-Taleem

Career in Newspaper

Permanent Column Title: Nok-i-Qalam pe Khar


2009 Islamabad Times


2006–2007 Daily Ausaf Islamabad


2004 – 2006 Daily Subh Peshwar

Books for Children

Bachpan Jhaorokay se
Abdul Ka Khawab
Darna Nahi
Ab Jang Na Ho
Resham


Aik tha Jangal
Ghommain Nagar Nagar
Anokha Safar