Zubair Torwali
Zubair Torwali | |
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Born | Bahrain, Swat, Swat, Pakistan |
Title | Executive Director |
Other titles | Instructor |
Known for |
social entrepreneur Researcher, Author Educator |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Residence | Bahrain, Swat, Pakistan |
Offices | Bahrain, Swat, Pakistan |
Spouse(s) | Married one wife |
Occupation | Social activist |
Notes | |
Torwali.org |
Zubair Torwali is a community activist, linguist and educator based in Bahrain, Pakistan who has sought to preserve and promote Pakistans Dardic cultures and languages. Zubair Torwali is a graduate of Jahanzeb College in Swat, Pakistan at the Bachelors' level and the University of Peshawar at the Masters level. Zubair Torwali has also received additional diplomas and given lectures in languages, literature and education. Zubair Torwali has published works in English, Urdu and the Dardic Torwali language.
He is described by the Acumen Fund: "Zubair is the Founder of Idara Baraye Taleem-o-Taraqi, an organization that fight for the rights and development of marginalized linguistic communities in north Pakistan. He is also Secretary of the Forum for Language Initiatives, which also works to preserve these communities. Zubair is also a researcher and writer whose book, Muffled Voices, provides insight into Pakistan’s social, cultural and political issues. A Fellow with Leadership for Environment and Development Pakistan and with the Asia Leadership Fellows Program, Zubair is associated with a number of human rights organizations and has been awarded the 2012 Hellman-Hammett Grant by Human Rights Watch." [1]
Works by Zubair Torwali
Books
- Book: Vestiges of Torwali Culture by Zubair Torwali
- Book: Muffled Voices, Longing for a Pluralist and Peaceful Pakistan by Zubair Torwali
- Book: Paradise Visage by authors including Zubair Torwali
Academic Journals
- Criterion Quarterly: Malakand Division: Conflicts, Floods and Response by Zubair Torwali
- Criterion Quarterly: The Ignored Dardic Culture of Swat by Zubair Torwali
- Journal of Languages and Culture: The Ignored Dardic Culture of Swat by Zubair Torwali
Sources
These are articles written by other people about Zubair Torwali
- The Friday Times: A Book Review of Muffled Voices by Zubair Torwali
- The Pamir Times: A Book Review of Muffled Voices by Zubair Torwali
- Himal South Asian Magazine: Danial Shah: Torwali is a language
- Schwelle Foundation: Project Partners: Zubair Torwali
- Foreign Policy Magazine: Mehreen Farooq, Waleed Ziad: Evicting the Taliban from Swat
- Haal Hawal Magazine: IBT in Bahrain, Swat and Director Zubair Torwali have brought dynamism to Torwali cultural revival
- KLF German Peace Prize: Short listees: Zubair Torwali
- LEAD Pakistan Fellow: Zubair Torwali
- Asia Leadership Fellow Program Fellow: Zubair Torwali
- Acumen Fund: Meet our 2017 Regional Fellows: Zubair Torwali
- CNET: How Android is helping keep a Pakistani language alive
- The News: Alternative Livelihoods
References
External links
- Eurasian Journal: Zubair Torwali: Reversing language loss through an identity based educational planning
- Tanqeed, a Magazine of Politics and Culture: Paying for Their Crimes by Zubair Torwali
- The Dawn, Pakistani newspaper: a compendium of articles by Zubair Torwali
- The Friday Times, Pakistani weekly: a compendium of articles by Zubair Torwali
- The News, Pakistani newspaper: a compendium of articles by Zubair Torwali
- Pakistan Today, Pakistani newspaper: a compendium of articles by Zubair Torwali
- The Tribune, Pakistani newspaper: a compendium of articles by Zubair Torwali
- Book: Vestiges of Torwali Culture by Zubair Torwali
- Book: Muffled Voices, Longing for a Pluralist and Peaceful Pakistan by Zubair Torwali
- Book: Paradise Visage by authors including Zubair Torwali
- Book: Paradise Visage by authors including Zubair Torwali
- Asia Pacific: Can You Understand the Words I Utter by Zubair Torwali
- Conscience Online: Taxes for Peace not War: Meet Zubair Torwali
- Google Scholars: Pakistan: Zubair Torwali
- AMN TV: An interview of Zubair Torwali