Massoud Nawabi

Massoud Nawabi
Birth name	Massoud Habib Nawabi
Born	1954 Kabul, Afghanistan
Origin	Afghanistan
Died	02 January 2010 (aged 54) Islamabad, Pakistan
Occupations	Poet, Writer, Director, Cultural Personality
Years active	1970–2009

Massoud Nawabi (1954–2010; Persian: مسعود نوابی-; alternative spellings: Masood Nawabi) also known as Ustad Nawabi, was an Afghan poet, writer, Director as well as a cultural personality, founder of Educational Committee for Afghan Refugees (ECAR), Afghan Cultural Center, Ghulam Habib Nawabi, Chief Administrator of the Afghan Ibn-e-Sina University and Principle of Ariana Mahajir High School. Massoud Nawabi was the Son of Ghulam Habib Nawabi, who was the last of the great Persian Poet and among the first to introduce modern Dari poetry to Afghanistan.^[1]

Life

Late Ustad Nawabi Born to a Intellectual and Educated family in Shahrara Kabul Afghanistan in 1954. He was well known for his literary criticism and had hundreds of students, many of them now themselves poets and writers. He wrote many topics, contents and published magazines like Beenish (بينش), Pohyesh (پويش) and Dewah (ديوه) on literary criticism in Persian Dari. He also initiated and edited several literary journals. He also was one of the initial script writers and feature writers for some Afghan based drama serials and Afghan Films like Samarqand and Tabloye Khanavade.^[2]

Late Nawabi left a record about thousands of articles for different magazines, newspapers, websites, Afghan films and dramas and for the Ministry of Information and Culture of Afghanistan.

One of poems of Massoud Nawabi in Persian/Dari language:

در انتظارت ای مه ی گلگون عذار من

چشمم به راۀ توست نگر حال زار من

شمعم که از فراق تو من آب میشوم

بی تو که رفته یی کنون ار کنار من

Books (Published)

Massoud Nawabi wrote more than 45 books. His most famous book called Keshtzar Zahfaran, published in 3000 copies by Al-Azhar prints and Publications in Peshawar. The book had a great market for the publication company and as of June 2010 it have been published for more than 1 Million copies and marketed around Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. However Late Nawabi never sold even one of his books for the Publication companies he always dedicated and gifted his books. besides he published and launched around 38 books of his father's, Ghulam Habib Nawabi.^[3]

• Keshtzar Zahfaran (کشتزار زعفران)
• Sobh Wa Zindagi (صبح و زندگی)
• Shab Wa Shahir (شب و شاعر)
• Mirza Ghalib (مرزا غالب)

Books (Unpublished)

• Bahar Wa Shahir (بهار و شاعر)
• Musiqi Afghanistan (موسیقی افغانستان)
• Ali Mazhar Hama Khoobi Haa (علی مظهر همه خوبی ها)
• Gulchin Aarefaan (گلچین عارفان)
• Shahir Wa Aiyeena (شاعر و آئینه)
• Tohfa Hai Ustad (تحفه های استاد)
• Mudeer Keest? (مدیر کیست؟)
• Hind Bareen (هند برین)
• Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed (حضرت سرمد شهید)

And many more...^[4]

Cultural Centres

• Afghan Cultural Center
• Ghulam Habib Nawabi Cultural Center^[5]

Schools

• Ghulam Habib Nawabi High School (1998–2001)
• Allama Saljughi High School (1996–1998)
• Ariana Mahajir High School (1999–2009)^[6]

Magazines

• Beenish (بينش)
• Pohyesh (پويش)
• Dewah (ديوه)

Death

Late Ustad Massoud Nawabi died from a very bad and sudden heart attack on January 2nd, 2010 at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Complex), Islamabad. His funeral and other programs held in Kabul.

The First Death Anniversary of Ustad Massoud Nawabi

In the second day of January, 2011; Hakan Massoud Navabi, the elder son of Massoud Nawabi hosted Nawabi's first death anniversary at the Community Center in the capital city of Pakistan, Islamabad.

Diplomats from The Embassy of Afghanistan, poets, writers and authors, teachers and students, at least a sum of three hundred and eighty other guests were gathered from Kabul, Peshawar and Islamabad, to attend The First Death Anniversary of Ustad Massoud Nawabi. ^[7]

References

^{[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]}

1. ^ http://turklar.com/english/?p=162
2. ^ http://turklar.com/english/?p=162
3. ^ http://turklar.com/english/?p=162
4. ^ http://turklar.com/english/?p=162
5. ^ http://turklar.com/english/?p=162
6. ^ http://turklar.com/english/?p=162
7. ^ http://turklar.com/english/?p=162
8. ^ http://www.24sahat.com/content/view/1861/13/
9. ^ Pakistan: School For Afghan Refugees Teaches Lessons Of War By Charles Recknagel - Islamabad, 31 October 2001 (RFE/RL)
10. ^ http://www.afghan-sokhan.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=118:2010-10-31-09-14-50&catid=41:motakhrine-and-mahsirine&Itemid=99
11. ^ http://www.vatandar.at/nawabi.html
12. ^ http://www.kotiposti.net/msaleha/nai_8/sh_10/p_%209.html
13. ^ http://www.khorasanzameen.net/php/read.php?id=397
14. ^ http://www.sadayeafghan.com/article.php?id=729
15. ^ http://www.faratarazmarzha.org/Massod_Nawabi/Biography.htm
16. ^ http://www.khawaran.com/%D9%86%D8%B8%D9%80%D9%80%D9%85%DB%8C/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%80%D9%80%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%85%D9%80%D9%80%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%80%D9%80%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%80%D9%80%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF-%D9%86%D9%80%D9%80%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%89.html
17. ^ http://www.24sahat.com/content/view/2273/51/
18. ^ http://mashal.org/content.php?t=%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B7%20%D9%88%20%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87&c=shehr&id=01538
19. ^ http://www.internationalnetworkforpeace.org/spip.php?article271
20. ^ http://turklar.com/english/?p=162

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Date of birth	1954
Place of birth	Shahrara, Kabul, Afghanistan
Date of death	2010
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