by Satwat Rehana
misr mein azadi-e-niswan ki tahreek
Aur Jadid Arabi Adab Par Uske Asrat
aaj ik aur baras biit gayā us ke baġhair
jis ke hote hue hote the zamāne mere
Aur Jadid Arabi Adab Par Uske Asrat
Dr. Satwat Rehana was born in 1972 in the village of Rajapur Bulbul Nawaz, district Bahraich. She received her Alimiyat (1988) and Fazilat (1990) degrees from the renowned educational institution Jamia Al-Salihat, Rampur. She then pursued higher education at Aligarh Muslim University, obtaining an M.A. in Arabic (1992), an M.Phil. (1995), and a Ph.D. (1998).
She is a distinguished researcher, translator, and essayist. Currently, she is a teacher at Sirajul Uloom Niswan College, Aligarh (affiliated with the Urdu-Farsi Board, Government of Uttar Pradesh).
She has authored several books, including:
Qurani Khawateen (1992)
Paigham-e-Jihad (Translation, 1994)
Qasam Ameen ki Samaji wa Adabi Khidmaat (1997)
The Women's Liberation Movement in Egypt and Its Impact on Modern Arabic Literature (2001)
The Contribution of Syed Sulaiman Nadwi to the Development of Arabic Language and Literature (2002)