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Alvi
Alvi may refer to: People * Abdul Qadeer Alvi, Pakistani politician * Abrar Alvi (1927–2009), Indian film writer, director and actor * Alvi Ahmetaj (born 1998), Albanian football player * Alvi Fokou Fopa (born 1990), Cameroonian-American football player * Alvi Haque Haque (born 2002), Bangladeshi cricketer * Arif Alvi (born 1949), Pakistani politician * Farrukh S. Alvi, mechanical engineer * Hamza Alvi (1921–2003), Marxist academic sociologist and activist * Junaid Alvi (born 1965), Pakistani cricketer * Khalid Alvi, Indian professor * Khalid Alvi (cricketer), Pakistani cricketer * Moniza Alvi (born 1954), Pakistani-British poet and writer * Raashid Alvi, Indian politician * Sajida Alvi (born 1941), Pakistani academic * Samroj Ajmi Alvi, Bangladeshi actress and model * Sattar Alvi, Pakistani fighter pilot * Shahood Alvi, Pakistani actor, director and producer * Suroosh Alvi (born 1969), Pakistani-Canadian journalist and filmmaker * Wajihuddin Alvi, Indian scholar * Zahid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arif Alvi
Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi (; born 29 July 1949) is a Pakistani dentist and politician currently serving as the 13th President of Pakistan, in office since 9 September 2018. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018 and again from August to September 2018. A founding member of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Alvi was elected as President of Pakistan on 4 September 2018 following the presidential elections. Alvi was a dentist before entering politics in 1979, when he joined Jamaat-e-Islami but he later on resigned from the party and founded the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf with former Pakistan cricket team captain and cricketer-turned-politician, Imran Khan in 1996. Alvi was elected to the National Assembly, from a seat of Karachi in 2013 and was re-elected in 2018 and was nominated as a candidate for presidential election and was elected as the 13th President of Pakistan after defeating Fazal-ur-Rehman and Aitzaz Ahsan, he resigned from the Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suroosh Alvi
Suroosh Alvi (; born ) is a Canadian journalist and filmmaker. He is the co-founder of Vice Media, a digital media and broadcasting brand that operates in more than 50 countries. Alvi is a travelled journalist and an executive producer of film, covering youth culture, news, and music globally. He has hosted and produced documentaries investigating controversial issues, armed conflicts, movements, and subcultures, including conflict minerals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Iraq War, the takeover of Gaza by Hamas in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and the rise of the Pakistani Taliban and global terrorism. Early life Alvi was born in Toronto, Canada, to Pakistani parents, both of whom are academics; his mother is Sajida S. Alvi, whose focus is on Islamic studies and Mughal history and who is now professor emerita at McGill University, and his father is Sabir A. Alvi, professor emeritus in psychology at the University of Toronto. Alvi studied philosophy at McGi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sattar Alvi
Air Commodore Abdus Sattar Alvi (Urdu: عبد الستار علوی), , is a retired one-star rank air officer and a fighter pilot in the Pakistan Air Force, who is renowned for his gallant actions during the third Indo-Pakistani in 1971, and served as a military advisor in the Syrian Air Force during the Yom Kippur War of 1973. In 1974, Alvi shot down the Israeli Air Force's Mirage III over the dogfight took place in Golan Heights in Syria, and was honored for his bravery with gallantry war-time medals by Syrian and Pakistan government. Biography Sattar Alvi was born in Jalandhar, Punjab, British India in 1944, into a Punjabi family that had the military background. His father was an officer in the British Indian Army who later served in the Pakistan Army. He was educated at the Bannu where he did his matriculation and attended the Emerson College in Multan, Punjab where he secured his graduation. In 1963, he was accepted to join the Air Force Academy in Risalp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raashid Alvi
Raashid Alvi (), is an Indian politician who served as a member of the Indian Parliament from both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. He is currently a member of the Indian National Congress party. Early life Raashid Alvi was born in Chandpur, Bijnor, Chandpur, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, on 15 April 1956, to Islama Khatoon and Malik Irfan Ahmad Alvi, a freedom fighter Political career He served as the All India general secretary of the Janata Dal In 1999, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Amroha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, defeating former Test cricketer and Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Chetan Chauhan by over 90,000 votes. He had unsuccessfully contested the same seat in the 1996 elections. He served as the Parliamentary Party leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party from 1999 to 2004. He was expelled from the Bahujan Samaj Party in 2004 after he had accused party president Mayawati of working under BJP pressure and taking bribes for allotting party tickets. He l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moniza Alvi
Moniza Alvi (born 2 February 1954) is a Pakistani-British poet and writer. She has won several well-known prizes for her verse. Life and education Moniza Alvi was born in Lahore, Pakistan, to a Pakistani father and a British mother. Her father moved to Hatfield, Hertfordshire, in England when she was a few months old. She did not revisit Pakistan until after the publication of one of her first books of poems – ''The Country at My Shoulder''. She worked for several years as a high-school teacher but is currently a freelance writer and tutor, living in Norfolk. Poetry ''Peacock Luggage'', a book of poems by Moniza Alvi and Peter Daniels, was published after the two poets jointly won the Poetry Business Prize in 1991, in Alvi's case for "Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan". That poem and "An Unknown Girl" have featured on England's GCSE exam syllabus for young teenagers. Since then, Moniza Alvi has written four poetry collections. ''The Country at My Shoulder'' (1993) led to he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abrar Alvi
Abrar Alvi (1 July 1927 – 18 November 2009) was an Indian film writer, director and actor. Most of his notable work was done in the 1950s and 1960s with Guru Dutt. He wrote some of the most respected works of Indian cinema, including ''Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam'', ''Kaagaz Ke Phool'' and ''Pyaasa'', which have an avid following the world over. ''Pyaasa'' is included in the All-Time 100 Movies by ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine, as chosen by critics Richard Corliss and Richard Schickel. Works An integral part of the Guru Dutt team, he is noted for writing such films as ''Aar-Paar'', ''Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam'', ''Kaagaz Ke Phool'', ''Pyaasa'' and ''Mr. & Mrs. '55''. In a chance meeting with Guru Dutt on sets of ''Baaz (1953 film), Baaz'' in 1953, Guru Dutt was having problems with a scene in the movie and Abrar suggested his opinion. Guru Dutt was so impressed that he invited Abrar to write ''Aar-Paar'', after which Abrar became an integral part of the Guru Dutt team. Many of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alavi (surname)
Notable people with the surname Alavi include: * Ali Alavi, Theoretical chemist * Patrick Alavi, a German Musician * Abass Alavi, is Professor of Radiology and Neurology * Abrar Alvi, was an Indian film writer, director and actor * Ameer Faisal Alvi Awan, was the first General Officer Commanding of the elite Special Service Group of Pakistan Army * Arif Alvi, is president of Pakistan * Bozorg Alavi, was an influential Iranian writer, novelist, and political intellectual * Hakim ‘Alavi, was a royal Persian physician of the 18th century * Hasan Jamil Alvi, is a former Pakistani cricketer * Moniza Alvi, is a Pakistani-British poet and writer * Rashid Alvi, a politician from Indian National Congress party is presently a Member of the Parliament of India * Samroj Ajmi Alvi, is a Bangladeshi actress and model. * Sajida Alvi, is a female academic of Pakistani origin in Canada * Salman Alvi, is a Pakistani Ghazal and Semi-Classical Vocalist * Sattar Alvi, is a Pakistan Air Force's v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahood Alvi
Shahood Alvi ( Punjabi, Urdu:شہود علوی) (born in Multan, Punjab) is a Pakistan TV actor, Director and a Producer. He has been working in Pakistani television dramas since 1994. He started work in TV industry as an assistant of sound mixer. He has worked in films and drama serials on many television channels. During March 2010 Alvi visited the Karachi University, where he was attacked by the female students because of his negative role in the serial ''Bol Meri Machli''. According to Daily Nai Baat, he tried to ensure the students that the role has nothing to do with his real life but they didn't believe him and hurled eggs and shoes at him. Personal life He marries Samia Alvi and has three daughters: Areeba Shahood Alvi, Sajal Shahood, and Areeja Shahood. Filmography Cinema * ''Ramchand Pakistani'' Television * '' Aao Laut Chalein'' * '' Banna Mera Bara Anmol'' * ''Bol Meri Machli'' * ''Chanda'' * '' Chahatein'' * ''Drama Fever (Aurat aur Char Dewari)'' * '' Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sajida Alvi
Sajida S. Alvi (born 1941) is an academic of Pakistani origin in Canada. She is a historian of Islam in South Asia and was the inaugural appointment to the chair in Urdu Language and Culture at the Institute of Islamic Studies from September 1987 until her retirement in June 2010. Life Alvi moved to Canada in January 1967 as a Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto. She accepted a teaching position at the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University, Montreal, in 1972; she taught there for five years and then moved to the University of Minnesota in 1977. After receiving tenure and promotion at the University of Minnesota, she returned to McGill University in 1986. She is the first appointee to an endowed Chair in Urdu Language and Culture (funded by the Government of Pakistan, Department of Multiculturalism, Government of Canada and McGill University), and is a Professor of Indo-Islamic History at McGill University. Alvi has lectured in Canada and the United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalid Alvi
Khalid Alvi also known as Khalid Mustafa Alvi is a professor at the University of Delhi, critic, and Urdu poet. He has written twelve books and edited the English journal ''Furtherance'' and the Urdu monthly ''Shahkaar''. Some of his works have been translated into German, Persian and Uzbek Languages. Early life and education Khalid Alvi received his early education in his home town Chandpur, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh and then he joined the University of Delhi as a Research Scholar. During his stay at University of Delhi as a research scholar he was invited to deliver a series of lecture on Indian literature by Peshawar University, Oriental Institute Tashkent and some other Organisations in various parts of the world. Career After Alvi finished his MPhil, he was offered an assistant professorship at the college of Delhi University. Writing One of Alvi's books, ''Angarey'', has been the subject of controversy. The book is a collection of Urdu short stories, first published in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wajihuddin Alvi
Shah Wajihuddin Alvi Gujarati ( fa, ), also known the epithet Haider Ali Saani ( fa, ), was an Islamic scholar and Sufi in the Shattari tradition. Life Shah Wajihudeen Alvi Hussaini Shattari (Haider Ali Saani) 'Ali the second' was born in Champaner, Gujarat in the last decade of the 15th century. He later moved to Ahmedabad where he received an education in Islamic studies. He taught Quranic studies, Islamic law, mathematics and logic for sixty-five years. He was initially a follower of the Qadiri Sufi tradition, but upon meeting Mohammed Ghaus Gwaliori he joined the Shattari Sufi tradition. Under his leadership, Ahmedabad became a major centre of Islamic studies, attracting students from all over India. Many of his disciples became prominent figures, including Syed Sibghatallah al-Barwaji, who moved to Medina and established the Shattari tradition in Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdul Qadir, who settled in Ujjain, and Sheikh Abu Turab, who moved to Lahore. He also had students from Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvi Fokou Fopa
Alvi Fokou Fopa (born May 19, 1990) is a professional Cameroonian-American soccer player who plays for Bangladesh Football Premier League club Saif Sporting Club. He has been described as a "central midfielder ". He can also easily play on the sides, and even right-back when necessary." Career Fopa trained in high school, then with the Apejes FC in Yaoundé under President Aimé Léon Zang. In 2007, at 17, while attending a youth tournament in the US, he was spotted by New York's Metropolitan Oval Academy, which he joined. In 2009, he entered the New York Red Bulls Academy but an injury drew him away from stadiums for a year. After recovery, he joined the team's division 2 team. In 2012, he signed with the CFC Azul (now AC Connecticut). He helped the team defeat the Vermont Voltage, 4–2, that July closing their inaugural USL Premier Development League (PDL) season in fourth place in the Northeast Division. President of Panthère du Ndé Célestine Ketcha Courtès, on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
