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Abidi
Abidi, Abedi or Al-Abedi ( ar, عابدي) is the surname for a family noble belonging to the offspring of Prophet Muhammad's great-grandson Imam Zain-ul-Abideen or Imam Abid whose real name was Ali ibn Husayn. They are a subset of the Banu Hashem Tribe and belong to the Sayyid community. Abidis (or people belonging to this noble family) can be found all over the world especially in Iran, Pakistan, India and Iraq. The family's origins are mostly from Iraq however due to service to the Islamic mission and often persecution of the Prophets family over the centuries the family has migrated to several locations. For generations the Abidi family has been essential to the spread of Islam in the Indo-Pak subcontinent. Notable people with the surname include: * Agha Hasan Abedi (1922–1995), Pakistani banker and founder of BCCI * Amir Abedi (1924–1964), Mayor of Dar es Salaam * Asad Abidi (born 1956), Pakistani electrical engineer * Azhar Abidi (born 1968), Pakistani Australian au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faisal Raza Abidi
Faisal Raza Abidi ( ur, فیصل رضاعابدی ) is a Pakistani political figure and a former senator representing the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) for Sindh Province, from March 2009 to January 2013. He also served as the party president of Karachi Division and held a high-ranking membership of the central committee of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). Famous for his oratory skills, Faisal is also renowned for speaking non-hesitantly against Taliban and its assorted banned terror groups operating in Pakistan on national TV. Politically, he is allied with Sunni Ittehad Council representing majority Sunni Barelvi sect and Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen representing Shia sect in Pakistan. A businessman by profession, Abidi is also the chief executive officer of the Al-Zulfiqar Group of Companies, Karachi, since 2008. Political career Abidi was selected as the president of PPP's Karachi division after 2008's General Election. He made remarkable efforts in reviving activities of Pak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bani Abidi
Bani Abidi (born 1971) is a Pakistani artist working with video, photography and drawing. She studied visual arts at the National College of Arts in Lahore and at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2011, she was invited for the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin program, and since then has been residing in Berlin. Early life and education Abidi was born in Karachi, the capital of Pakistani province of Sindh, in 1971.Abidi, B. ‘Bani Abidi’s CV’ at Bani Abidi’s personal website: http://www.baniabidi.com/short%20bio.html and http://www.baniabidi.com/CV.pdf Whiles, V. (2008). Bani Abidi. Art Monthly, (315), 18-19. She has lived in New Delhi and Karachi, and currently resides in Berlin. In 1994, she chose to study painting and printmaking, earning a Bachelor of Arts from the National College of Arts in Lahore, Pakistan.Guggenheim.org. (n.d.). Collection Online , Bani Abidi – Guggenheim Museum. nlineAvailable at: http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collectio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imam Zain-ul-Abideen
ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn ( ar, علي بن الحسين زين العابدين), also known as al-Sajjād (, ) or simply as Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn (), , was an Imam in Shiʻi Islam after his father Husayn ibn Ali, his uncle Hasan ibn Ali, and his grandfather, Ali. Ali ibn al-Husayn survived the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE, after which he and the other survivors were taken to Yazid I in Damascus. He was eventually allowed to return to Medina, where he led a secluded life with a few close companions. He devoted his life to prayer and was regarded as an authority on law and hadith. Some of his supplications are collected in ''Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya'' (), which is highly regarded by the Shia. He adopted a quiescent attitude towards the Umayyads and is seen by the Shia community as an example of patience and perseverance when numerical odds are against them. Name and epithets His name was Ali, though Husayn had two other sons named Ali, who were both killed in Karbala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Ibn Husayn
ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn ( ar, علي بن الحسين زين العابدين), also known as al-Sajjād (, ) or simply as Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn (), , was an Imam in Shiʻi Islam after his father Husayn ibn Ali, his uncle Hasan ibn Ali, and his grandfather, Ali. Ali ibn al-Husayn survived the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE, after which he and the other survivors were taken to Yazid I in Damascus. He was eventually allowed to return to Medina, where he led a secluded life with a few close companions. He devoted his life to prayer and was regarded as an authority on law and hadith. Some of his supplications are collected in ''Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya'' (), which is highly regarded by the Shia. He adopted a quiescent attitude towards the Umayyads and is seen by the Shia community as an example of patience and perseverance when numerical odds are against them. Name and epithets His name was Ali, though Husayn had two other sons named Ali, who were both killed in Karbala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asad Abidi
Asad Ali Abidi (born July 12, 1956) is a Pakistani-American electrical engineer. He serves as a tenured professor at University of California, Los Angeles, and is the inaugural holder of the Abdus Salam Chair at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). He is best known for pioneering RF CMOS technology during the late 1980s to early 1990s. As of 2008, the radio transceivers in all wireless networking devices and modern mobile phones are mass-produced as RF CMOS devices. Abidi received his B.S. from the Imperial College London followed by a M.S. and PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 1981. He worked as an electrical engineer with Bell Labs and in January 1985 joined UCLA as a tenured academic. In 2007, he left for a three-year sabbatical to work as a founding dean of the engineering school at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and returned to Los Angeles in 2009. In 2017, he was named as the inaugural holder of the Abdus Salam Chair at LU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javed Abidi
Javed Abidi (11 June 1965 – 4 March 2018) was an Indian activist who served as the director of the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) in India, and the founder of the Disability Rights Group. He received an education in Journalism and Communication at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He set up the disability wing of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation in India, after being invited to do so by Sonia Gandhi. Early life Abidi was born on 11 June 1965 in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. He was born with spina bifida. Abidi first had surgery at the age of eight to treat his spina bifida. As a result, he had nerve damage. He required another surgery at the age of 10 after an injury from a fall. He moved with his family to the United States. After their move to the United States, Abidi received medical care at the Boston Children's Hospital and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Abidi began using a wheelchair at age fifteen. Abidi studied at Wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raza Ali Abidi
Raza Ali Abidi ( ur, رضا علی عابدی; born 30 November 1935) is a Pakistani journalist and broadcaster who is best known for his radio documentaries on the Grand Trunk Road in Pakistan (called Sher Shah Suri Marg in India) and his travelogue along the banks of Indus River. His published works include several collections of cultural essays and short stories. He has worked with the ''BBC Urdu Service'' and retired in 1996. Early life and career Raza Ali Abidi was born in 1935. He moved to Karachi, Pakistan with his family in 1950. He graduated from Islamia College, Karachi and worked for 15 years as a little-known journalist. Then he moved to London and worked for BBC from 1972 to 2008.Profile of Raza Ali Abidi on Dawn newspaper Published 29 September 2014, Retrieved 16 April 2017 "Raza Ali Abidi is a writer o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nain Abidi
Syeda Nain Fatima Abidi (born 23 May 1985; Urdu: ) is a Pakistani-American cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She served as the vice-captain of Pakistan women's cricket team. She appeared in 87 One Day Internationals and 68 Twenty20 Internationals for Pakistan between 2006 and 2018, and in 2012 became the first Pakistani player to score a century in WODIs, scoring 101 * against Ireland. She played domestic cricket for Karachi and Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited. Background Nain Abidi is a Syed, born on 23 May 1985 in Karachi. During her childhood, she trained at Zaheer Abbas Cricket Academy at Karachi. She is coached by Sagheer Abbas, the younger brother of Zaheer Abbas. Pakistan career 2006 Nain made her international one day debut on 19 December 2006 against India at Jaipur.Nain Abidi [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasan Abidi
Hasan Abidi (Urdu: حسن عابدی) (7 July 1929 – 6 September 2005) was a Pakistani journalist, writer, political activist and an Urdu language poet. Early life and career He was born on 7 July 1929 in Zafarabad, Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh, and educated in Azamgarh and Allahabad (British India) and after the partition of India in 1947, he moved to Pakistan and settled in Karachi in 1948 and associated himself with journalism and writing. He became president of the Karachi Press Club and held office in both the Karachi Union of Journalist and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists. Hasan Abidi was an active trade unionist as well. He was also an active member of the ''Irtiqa forum''. Abidi started his journalistic career working for the Urdu language daily newspaper ''Afaq'' in 1955. He joined ''Lail-o-Nahar'' magazine in 1957 which was then edited by Faiz Ahmad Faiz and Sibte Hassan. Both belonged to the Progressive Writers Association and influenced Abidi. La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Abidi
Fightstar are a British rock band from London that formed in 2003. The band is composed of lead vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist Charlie Simpson, guitarist and co-vocalist Alex Westaway, bassist Dan Haigh and drummer Omar Abidi. Generally considered a post-hardcore band as a whole, Fightstar are known to incorporate metal, alternative rock and other genres into their sound. During the band's early days, they were viewed sceptically by critics because of Simpson's former pop career with Busted. Their live shows got a more positive reaction, and their 2005 debut EP, ''They Liked You Better When You Were Dead'', was a critical success. The band released their debut studio album, ''Grand Unification'', the following year; ''Kerrang!'' editor Paul Brannigan called it "one of the best British rock albums of the last decade". Fightstar received a nomination for Best British Band at the 2006 ''Kerrang!'' Awards before releasing their second album, ''One Day Son, This Will All B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azhar Abidi
Azhar Ali Abidi (born 6 February 1968 in Wah, Pakistan) is a Pakistani Australian author and translator. He went to school in Pakistan and later studied electrical engineering at the Imperial College London and Master of Business Administration at the University of Melbourne. He migrated to Australia in 1994 and lives in Melbourne, Australia. Career Abidi has written translations, travelogues, and a number of short stories, including the Borgesian ''The Secret History of the Flying Carpet'', which is a fictitious story in a seemingly scholarly essay. His first novel, ''Passarola Rising'' (2006), was published by Viking Penguin in Australia, USA, Canada and India and translated into Spanish and Portuguese. It is set in Europe during the eighteenth century and is the fictionalised story of a true life Brazilian priest and aviation pioneer, Bartolomeu de Gusmão, who built a flying ship but fell foul of the Inquisition. Written in the style of an old-fashioned adventure story, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syed Ali Raza Abidi
Syed Ali Raza Abidi (; 6 July 1972 – 25 December 2018) was a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018. Early life He was born on 6 July 1972 in Karachi, Pakistan to Syed Ikhlaq Hussain Abidi. Political career He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) from Constituency NA-251 (Karachi-XIII) in 2013 Pakistani general election. He received 81,603 votes and defeated Raja Azhar Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of MQM Pakistan from Constituency NA-243 (Karachi East-II) in 2018 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 24,082 votes and lost the seat to Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi ( ur}; born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former Cricket captain who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to until April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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