Hafiz Ahmed ( as, হাফিজ় আহমেদ) is an
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teacher, poet and social activist of
Miya origin.
Early life and education
Ahmed was born in Kapoha in
Barpeta
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on 7 September 1962. He was raised in a traditional Muslim family and his parents' names were Madhu Miah and Somjan Nessa. Ahmed belongs to the
Miya community which migrated to Assam from Bengal during the
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. He completed his
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in
Assamese literature
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at the prestigious
Gauhati University
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.
Career
In 2016, he pioneered an
Assamese
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poetic genre known as ''Miya poetry''.
Assam
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, which aims to spread the use of the Assamese language to the Miya community. The Miya, who reside in the state's riverine areas, historically conversed in Bengali
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but are drifting towards Assamese identity and language.[
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Personal life
Ahmed is the father of two children; Shabnam Hafiz and Safdar Hafiz.
References
Indian male poets
Living people
Poets from Assam
Gauhati University alumni
21st-century Indian Muslims
Indian Muslim activists
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Muslim poets
21st-century Indian educators
Indian schoolteachers
Assamese-language poets
21st-century Indian poets
1962 births
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