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Husain
Husain, a variant spelling of Hussein, is a common Arabic name, especially among Muslims because of the status of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of Mohammad. Notable people with the name include: Arts and literature * Adrian A. Husain, Pakistani poet * M. F. Husain, Indian artist * Shahrukh Husain, Pakistani author * Husain Salahuddin, Maldivian writer Media * Altaf Husain, Pakistani journalist * Attia Hosain (1913–1998), British-Indian journalist and author * Husain Haqqani, Pakistani journalist, political activist and ambassador * Irfan Husain, Pakistani journalist * Mishal Husain, British journalist and television presenter * Zakir Hussain (musician), Indian tabla player Religion and politics * Husain (Jalayirids), Jalayirid ruler * Akhter Husain, Pakistani civil servant * Zakir Husain (governor) (1897–1971), Pakistani police inspector and government minister * Zakir Husain (politician), former Indian President * Husain Burhanuddin, Indian Qari, Islamic leader and scholar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zakir Husain (politician)
(8 February 1897 – 3 May 1969) known as Dr. Zakir Husain, was an Indian educationist and politician who served as President of India from 13 May 1967 until his death on 3 May 1969. Born into an Afridi Pashtun family in Hyderabad, Husain studied in Etawah, the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh and the University of Berlin from where he obtained a doctoral degree in economics. He was a founding member of the Jamia Milia Islamia of which he served as Vice-chancellor during 1926 to 1948. He was closely associated with Mahatma Gandhi and was chairman of the Basic National Education Committee which framed a new educational policy known as Nai Talim with its emphasis on free and compulsory education in the first language. Appointed Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University in 1948, he helped retain it as a national institution of higher learning. For his services to education, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1954 and was a nominated member of the Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mishal Husain
Mishal Husain (born 11 February 1973) is a British newsreader and journalist for BBC Television and BBC Radio. She is the main Sunday presenter of the ''BBC News at Ten'' and ''BBC Weekend News'' and one of the main presenters of BBC Radio 4's ''Today.'' She has hosted ''The Andrew Marr Show,'' ''HARDtalk'', Impact and ''BBC Breakfast''. Husain is also a relief presenter of the ''BBC News at Six'', ''BBC World News'' and BBC News Channel. Early life Mishal Husain was born on 11 February 1973 in Northampton, EnglandAlexia Skinitis"Significant others: Mishal Husain" ''The Times'', 17 October 2009. to Pakistani parents. Her mother was a teacher and former producer for Pakistan Television Corporation, while her father was a urologist. She is the granddaughter of Syed Shahid Hamid, the first Director-General of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence. Husain attended the British School in Abu Dhabi; the family were also based in Saudi Arabia for a period.John Plunkett"Mishal Husain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Husain Haqqani
Husain Haqqani (; born 1 July 1956, alternately spelled Hussain Haqqani) is a Pakistani journalist, academic, political activist, and former ambassador of Pakistan to Sri Lanka and the United States. Haqqani has written four books on Pakistan, and his analyses have appeared in publications including ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''The New York Times'', ''Foreign Affairs'', and ''Foreign Policy''. Haqqani is currently a Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C. and co-editor of Hudson's journal ''Current Trends in Islamist Ideology''. Haqqani worked as a journalist from 1980 to 1988, and then as political adviser for Nawaz Sharif and later as a spokesperson for Benazir Bhutto. From 1992 to 1993 he was ambassador to Sri Lanka. In 1999, he was exiled following criticisms against the government of then-President Pervez Musharraf. From 2004 to 2008 he taught international relations at Boston University. He was appointed as Pakist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amir Husain
Amir Husain is a Pakistani-American artificial intelligence (AI) entrepreneur, founder of the Austin-based company, SparkCognition, and author of the book, ''The Sentient Machine''. Childhood & Education Husain was born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. His father was a businessman while his mother was an educator. At the age of four, Husain interacted with his first computer: A Commodore 64. Amazed by what the machine could do, he went back to his room and started building a contraption of a computer out of toys and cardboard, starting his lifelong obsession with computer science. He dropped out of middle school in the eighth grade, and began writing software and selling it for a profit. At the age of 15, Husain began attending the Punjab Institute of Computer Science from which he graduated two years later with a bachelor's degree in computer science. After graduating, Husain spent time searching for an ideal research organization, and eventually found the Distributed Multimedia Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irfan Husain
Irfan Husain ( ur, عرفان حسین) (5 July 1944 – 16 December 2020) was a Pakistani newspaper columnist and civil servant. He wrote weekly columns for ''Dawn'' newspaper. Husain wrote on a wide range of subjects for newspapers in Pakistan and elsewhere since 1970. As a civil servant, he used to write under a number of pseudonyms, including Mazdak.Profile of journalist Irfan Husain on urduyouthforum.org website Retrieved 25 April 2018 Personal life Early life Born in , |
Altaf Husain
Altaf Husain ( bn, আলতাফ হোসেইন, ur, ; 26 January 1900 – 25 May 1968) was an educationist, journalist, and Pakistan Movement activist. He is noted as one of the pioneers of print journalism in Pakistan and was the founding editor and the first editor-in-chief of English-language newspaper, Dawn, which he edited for almost twenty years. In addition, he served as Industry Minister of Pakistan in the administration of President Ayub Khan from 1965 until resigning in 1968 due to health reasons. He is widely regarded as one of the key activists in the Pakistan Movement and penned several critically important articles in support of the case of Indian Muslims in British Indian Empire. He translated ''Shikwa and Jawab-e-Shikwa'' by the poet Muhammad Iqbal from Urdu into rhymed English verse, in 1943. Biography Education and government work Altaf Husain was born in Sylhet, Sylhet District, British India (now Bangladesh) into a family of Bengali Muslim zaminda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Husain Abdullah
Husain Ibn Muhammed Abdullah (born July 27, 1985) is a former American football free safety. He was signed by the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2008 and also played for the Kansas City Chiefs. He retired from the NFL after seven seasons due to multiple concussions sustained during his career and concern for his future health. Abdullah played college football at Washington State. He is the younger brother of former NFL safety Hamza Abdullah. High school Abdullah attended Pomona High School and was most well known for his athletics. In high school, Abdullah received many honorable awards as he represented his school football team as captain. Abdullah is a defensive back and also is a contributor to the special teams unit as a kick returner. During Abdullah's sophomore year, he was awarded the team's defensive MVP and was nominated as rookie of the year. During his junior year, Abdullah won the All-Inland Valley award and as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Husain Burhanuddin
Shahzada Husain Burhanuddin ( ar, شهزاده حُسين بُرهانُ ٱلدّين , Ḥusayn Burhānuddīn), also known as Husain Mufaddal Saifuddin, is the third and youngest son of Mufaddal Saifuddin, the current incumbent of the office of the 53rd Da'i al-Mutlaq. He is a Qāriʾ and an honorary member of ''Naqabāt Qurrāʾ al-Quran'' () in Cairo. Burhanuddin is a provost of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah and heads Mahad al-Zahra, through which he has been instrumental in the realization of his grand father Mohammed Burhanuddin's vision for Dawoodi Bohra community to seek enlightenment through Quranic values. He also administers a number of socio-economic institutions run by Dawoodi Bohra community. Burhanuddin is a recipient of All India Council for Human Rights' ''Ambassador for Peace Award''. Career Early life Burhanuddin was born on 24 December 1977 (15 Muḥarram al-Ḥarām 1398H) to Mufaddal Saifuddin and Jawaharatusharaf (). He received his primary schooling at MS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudio Husaín
Claudio Daniel Husaín (born 20 November 1974) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Husaín played for Vélez Sársfield and River Plate in Argentina, Italian S.S.C. Napoli and Mexican Tigres de la UANL before returning to Argentina to Newell's Old Boys. Club career Parma, Napoli and River Plate In 2000, Husaín was signed by Parma, with Mayer Candelo going the other way. But the club had unpaid debt of Hernán Crespo's transfer fees to River Plate (the 10% clause of future transfer revenue), he was loaned to River Plate along with Ariel Ortega, who was sold outright for 11 billion lire. On 27 October 2000, he moved back to Italy to play for Napoli, later revealed as a temporary deal. Despite Napoli relegated, in June 2001 Parma sold him for 21.9 billion lire (around €11.3 million). Husaín remained at Naples but in January 2002 left for River Plate on loan. He played another half Serie B season at Napoli before returned to River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zakir Husain (governor)
Zakir Husain ( ur, ) (2 November 1897 – 24 May 1971) was a politician who served as the Governor of East Pakistan and Interior Minister of Pakistan Interior may refer to: Arts and media * ''Interior'' (Degas) (also known as ''The Rape''), painting by Edgar Degas * ''Interior'' (play), 1895 play by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck * ''The Interior'' (novel), by Lisa See * Interior de ..., both in the General Ayub Khan military regime. Early life Zakir Husain was born on 2 November 1897 in Ghatchek, Rangunia, Chittagong. After his primary schooling in Rangunia, Chittagong, he was a student of Collegiate School, Chittagong. He graduated from Aligarh Muslim University. Career He was the first Indian Muslim to qualify for the Imperial Police Service of India in 1920. During his career in the police service, he served at various places in the erstwhile East Bengal. After the Second World War, at the time of partition of India in 1947, he was the Deputy Insp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuzhat Husain
Nuzhat Husain is an Indian pathologist. She is former director of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow.https://www.drrmlims.ac.in/newcv/Dr.%20Nuzhat%20Husain%20CV.pdf Education She completed her MBBS at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University in 1985 and MD (Pathology) from King George Medical College, University of Lucknow in 1989 with high merit and several awards including the President of India’s silver medal for best woman student at the University in 1985 and the KB Kunwar Gold medal for best thesis in 1989, She also worked as a post doctoral fellow at Molecular Neuro-oncology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University during 1997. She is an International Fellow of the College of American Pathologists The College of American Pathologists (CAP) is a member-based physician organization founded in 1946 comprising approximately 18,000 board-certified pathologists. It serves patients, pathologists, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akhter Husain
Akhter Husain (Urdu: ), HPk, OBE, (1 August 1902 – 15 July 1983) was a senior statesman and civil servant of Pakistan. He was appointed Governor of West Pakistan in September 1957 succeeding Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani and then continued in this office during the regime of General Muhammad Ayub Khan until April 1960. Early life Akhter Husain was born on 1 August 1902 at Burhanpur ( Central Province India) and received his early education from Hakimia High School, Burhanpur before proceeding to MAO College at Aligarh (which later became Aligarh Muslim University), graduating later from Allahbad University. He was selected for the Indian Civil Service in 1924 and completed his education and training at St. John's College, Cambridge, England. Upon return from England, he was posted to serve in the province of Punjab in 1926. He served in various administrative positions in different districts of the province, before being appointed as Under Secretary in the Government of India in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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