Muhammad Ali Siddiqui
Encyclopedia
Prof. Dr
. Muhammad Ali Siddiqui is a noted Philosopher and Critic
from Pakistan
.
He was born on March 7, 1938 in Amroha, India
, and brought up in Karachi
, Dr. Muhammad Ali Siddiqui is well versed in many languages including, English
, French
, Persian
, Punjabi
, Sindhi
, Seraiki
and Urdu
. He did his D.Litt in Pakistan Studies
in 2003 after doing his Ph.D in the same subject in 1992. He is the first PhD
and D.Litt in Pakistan Studies
in Pakistan
.
He is a member of many national and international organizations such as: Pakistan Writers Guild, Pakistan, Association Des Litteraire Critiques International, Paris
, European Union
of Writers and Scientist, Rome
, International Association of Literary Critics (AILC), Stavanger, Norway
, Majlis-i-Farough-i-Urdu Adab, Doha
, Qatar
.
Dr Muhammad Ali Siddiqui is a prominent Urdu critic. He is, at present, Dean of the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, Institute of Business and Technology (Biztek), Karachi
. He also served as Dean Faculty of Education & Social Sciences at Hamdard University
, Karachi
for six years. He taught at Karachi University for a number of years. He served as the Director of Quaid-e-Azam Academy for six years.
Dr. Muhammad Ali Siddiqui has penned more than 100 research articles. He has 16 books to his credit, two of them Tawazum & Croce ki Sarguzash, were adjudged as the Best Books of the Years 1976 and 1979 respectively.
He has been awarded the Presidential Award of ‘Pride of Performance’ for his contribution to literature
in 2003. He has selected as CASA (Canadian Association of South Asian Studies) Scholar of the year 1984, He is the second Pakistani to get this honor so far.
He has delivered lectures in many overseas universities such as: the School of Oriental & American Studies London
University
UK, Carlton University, Canada
, the University of Toronto
, Canada
, Oslo University, Norway
).
His importance as a critic has been applanded by top-notch critics of Urdu
like Majnoon Gorakpuri, Dr. Akthar Husain Raipuri, Prof. Mumtaz Husain, Prof. Mujtaba Husain, Dr. Ali Jawwad Zaidi, Dr. Wazir Agha etc. Among creative writers Faiz Ahmed Faiz
regarded him as the only critic from Pakistan
the others being Dr. Narang, Dr. Zoe Ansari & Dr. Qamar Rais from India
.
Recently Khalid Ahmed one of the most eminent intellectuals & journalists of Pakistan
, Khalid Ahmed while reviewing Dr. Siddiqui’s book of critical writings IDRAK, has written a comprehensive article on Dr. Siddiqui, the first paragraph of this article is:
“Most people think Muzaffar Ali Syed was the most learned man in Pakistan. Among the living, Muhammad Ali Siddiqui or Ariel of Dawn is undoubtedly the most learned man. He holds his own compared with the late Syed who created waves more often by being controversial. Not that Siddiqui is non-controversial. His assessments of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and Allama Iqbal have been heretical but have escaped attention because his scholarship is unassailable and we generally don’t like reading controversial things if they are deeply scholarly. If you can’t face a critic, ignore him.”http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\07\story_7-12-2008_pg3_5
Doctor (title)
Doctor, as a title, originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning. The word is originally an agentive noun of the Latin verb docēre . It has been used as an honored academic title for over a millennium in Europe, where it dates back to the rise of the university. This use spread...
. Muhammad Ali Siddiqui is a noted Philosopher and Critic
Critic
A critic is anyone who expresses a value judgement. Informally, criticism is a common aspect of all human expression and need not necessarily imply skilled or accurate expressions of judgement. Critical judgements, good or bad, may be positive , negative , or balanced...
from Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
.
He was born on March 7, 1938 in Amroha, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, and brought up in Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
, Dr. Muhammad Ali Siddiqui is well versed in many languages including, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
, Punjabi
Punjabi language
Punjabi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by inhabitants of the historical Punjab region . For Sikhs, the Punjabi language stands as the official language in which all ceremonies take place. In Pakistan, Punjabi is the most widely spoken language...
, Sindhi
Sindhi language
Sindhi is the language of the Sindh region of Pakistan that is spoken by the Sindhi people. In India, it is among 22 constitutionally recognized languages, where Sindhis are a sizeable minority. It is spoken by 53,410,910 people in Pakistan, according to the national government's Statistics Division...
, Seraiki
Saraiki language
Saraiki , transliterated as Sirāikī and sometimes spelled Seraiki and Saraiki, is a standardized written language of Pakistan belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages. It is a language spoken in the heart of Pakistan...
and Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
. He did his D.Litt in Pakistan Studies
Pakistan Studies
Pakistan studies curriculum is the name of a curriculum of academic research and study that encompasses the culture, demographics, geography, history, and politics of Pakistan. The subject is widely researched in and outside the country...
in 2003 after doing his Ph.D in the same subject in 1992. He is the first PhD
PHD
PHD may refer to:*Ph.D., a doctorate of philosophy*Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*PHD finger, a protein sequence*PHD Mountain Software, an outdoor clothing and equipment company*PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
and D.Litt in Pakistan Studies
Pakistan Studies
Pakistan studies curriculum is the name of a curriculum of academic research and study that encompasses the culture, demographics, geography, history, and politics of Pakistan. The subject is widely researched in and outside the country...
in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
.
He is a member of many national and international organizations such as: Pakistan Writers Guild, Pakistan, Association Des Litteraire Critiques International, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
of Writers and Scientist, Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, International Association of Literary Critics (AILC), Stavanger, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, Majlis-i-Farough-i-Urdu Adab, Doha
Doha
Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar...
, Qatar
Qatar
Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
.
Dr Muhammad Ali Siddiqui is a prominent Urdu critic. He is, at present, Dean of the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, Institute of Business and Technology (Biztek), Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
. He also served as Dean Faculty of Education & Social Sciences at Hamdard University
Hamdard University
Hamdard University is a private institution of higher education in Karachi and Islamabad, Pakistan. The university was founded in 1991 by Hakim Said of the Hamdard Foundation. Hamdard University has the largest campus of any private university in Pakistan, covering...
, Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
for six years. He taught at Karachi University for a number of years. He served as the Director of Quaid-e-Azam Academy for six years.
Dr. Muhammad Ali Siddiqui has penned more than 100 research articles. He has 16 books to his credit, two of them Tawazum & Croce ki Sarguzash, were adjudged as the Best Books of the Years 1976 and 1979 respectively.
He has been awarded the Presidential Award of ‘Pride of Performance’ for his contribution to literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
in 2003. He has selected as CASA (Canadian Association of South Asian Studies) Scholar of the year 1984, He is the second Pakistani to get this honor so far.
He has delivered lectures in many overseas universities such as: the School of Oriental & American Studies London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
University
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
UK, Carlton University, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, Oslo University, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
).
His importance as a critic has been applanded by top-notch critics of Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
like Majnoon Gorakpuri, Dr. Akthar Husain Raipuri, Prof. Mumtaz Husain, Prof. Mujtaba Husain, Dr. Ali Jawwad Zaidi, Dr. Wazir Agha etc. Among creative writers Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Faiz Ahmad Faiz was a Pakistani intellectual, poet, and one of the most famous poets of the Urdu language. He was a member of the Anjuman Tarraqi Pasand Mussanafin-e-Hind and an avowed Marxist. In 1962, he was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize by the Soviet Union...
regarded him as the only critic from Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
the others being Dr. Narang, Dr. Zoe Ansari & Dr. Qamar Rais from India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
Recently Khalid Ahmed one of the most eminent intellectuals & journalists of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, Khalid Ahmed while reviewing Dr. Siddiqui’s book of critical writings IDRAK, has written a comprehensive article on Dr. Siddiqui, the first paragraph of this article is:
“Most people think Muzaffar Ali Syed was the most learned man in Pakistan. Among the living, Muhammad Ali Siddiqui or Ariel of Dawn is undoubtedly the most learned man. He holds his own compared with the late Syed who created waves more often by being controversial. Not that Siddiqui is non-controversial. His assessments of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and Allama Iqbal have been heretical but have escaped attention because his scholarship is unassailable and we generally don’t like reading controversial things if they are deeply scholarly. If you can’t face a critic, ignore him.”http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\07\story_7-12-2008_pg3_5
Books by Dr. Muhammad Ali Siddiqui
- Tawazun (A Book of Critical Writing)1976
- Croce Ki Sargozasht (Translation of Bendetto Croce, Autotrigraphy)1976
- Nishanat (A Collection of Critical Writings)1981
- Pakistaniat(Vol.1), Edited with Dr. H.M.Jafri1989
- Mazameem (A Book of Critical Writings)1991
- Isharye (Collection of Critical Writings)1994
- Quaid-i-Azam: A Chronology(Urdu) - Published by Quaid-i-Azam Academy, KarachiKarachiKarachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
- Quaid-i-Azam: A Chronology(English) - Published by Quaid-i-Azam Academy, KarachiKarachiKarachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
- Quaid-i-Azam: Speeches(English) - Published by Quaid-i-Azam Academy, KarachiKarachiKarachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
- Quaid-i-Azam: Urdu Adibon Ki Nazar Mein(Urdu) - Published by Quaid-i-Azam Academy, KarachiKarachiKarachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
- Zikr-i-Quaid-i-Azam(Urdu) - Published by Quaid-i-Azam Academy, KarachiKarachiKarachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
- Talash-i-Iqbal(Urdu)2002
- Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Aur Jiddat Pasandi(Urdu) KarachiKarachiKarachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
2003 - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Aur Jiddat Pasandi(Urdu) 2nd Edition KarachiKarachiKarachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
2004 - Mutalea-i-Josh Malihabadi(Urdu)KarachiKarachiKarachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
2005 - Ghalib Aur Aaj Ka Shaoor - Idara-i-Yaadgar-i-GhalibKarachiKarachiKarachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
2005 - Idrak (A Collection of Critical Writings)KarachiKarachiKarachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
2007
External links
See also
- Quaid-i-Azam AcademyQuaid-i-Azam AcademyThe Quaid-i-Azam Academy is an institution of the Pakistan Government to promote the study and understanding of the personality and work of Quaid-i-Azam, his associates, the Pakistan Movement and of the various aspects of Pakistan....