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Dear brothers and sisters, Assalamu Alaikum, how are you all? You are all well with the infinite grace of Allah Ta'ala. I am also good by the grace of God. Today I am here with the writings and biography of our favorite author Sufia Kamal. I hope everyone will like it inshaAllah.

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Life story of Begum Sufia Kamal:

Begum Sufia Kamal was a renowned Bangladeshi poet, writer, feminist and a leading figure in the women's progress movement in modern Bangladesh.

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Birth:

Sufia Kamal was born on 20 June 1911 at her uncle's house in Shaistabad, Barisal. His father's name was Syed Abdul Bari and his mother's name was Syeda Sabera Khatun. His father was a resident of Comilla. At the time when Sufia Kamal was born, Bengali Muslim women had to live under house arrest. They had no chance to go to school or college. The entry of Bengali language in the family was somehow forbidden. In that hostile environment, Sufia Kamal did not get the opportunity of formal education. He has been educated in self-education through various ups and downs of the family.

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Early life:

Sufia Kamal with her husband Kamaluddin Ahmed
In 1917, when Sufia was 7 years old, her father went missing following the saints. As a result, his mother Sabera Khatun forced him to come to his father's house and take shelter. Due to this his childhood was spent in various houses.

In the family where Sufia Kamal was born, women's education was not considered necessary. His mother was from the Nawab family of Shaistabad and the spoken language of that family was Urdu. For this reason, although there was a system of teaching Arabic and Persian to the girls in Andarmahal, there was no system of teaching Bengali. He learned Bengali mainly from his mother. Her great uncle had a huge library in Nana's house. With the encouragement and support of his mother, he had the opportunity to read books in the library.

In 1924, at the age of 13, Sufia was married to her cousin Syed Nehal Hossain. Nehal was relatively modern-minded, he encouraged Sufia Kamal in social work and literary pursuits. Sufia also made contact with literature and periodicals. Sufia had started reading the writings of Bengali writers of that time. Sufia Kamal went to Calcutta in 1917. There he met Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain. Begum Rokeya's words and deeds had a special place in Sufia Kamal's childhood. Begum Rokeya is also found in the works of Sufia Kamal.

Introduction to Literature and Life in Calcutta:

Besides reading literature, Sufia Kamal started composing literature. In 1926, his first poem, Basanti, was published in the then influential periodical Sauga. During his stay in Calcutta in the thirties, bright stars of Bengali literature like Nazrul, Rabindranath, Sarat Chandra etc. were seen. Sufia Kamal was introduced to Rokeya by Anjumane Khawatine Islam, an organization founded by Begum Rokeya to encourage Muslim women to participate in cultural activities. Begum Rokeya's thoughts and promises were also transmitted to her, which had a far-reaching effect on her life.
He was reminiscing about the beginning of his literary endeavor in this way: Do I understand the meaning of love, separation, reunion? Yet what is the language to express what is good, what was the pain today? That addiction to writing prose. Then while reading Rabindranath Tagore's poems in Prabasi Patrika, a strange fascination would come and take the mind to some unknown state. Then I saw Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Begum Sara Taifur writing. Poetry is written by Begum Motahera Banu. I think they are writing, I can not write? The beginning is the game of writing. What a secret, how reluctant, what a shameful scribble rhyme, story. But no one is like that mind! Fearing that someone would find out, he hid the text for fear of being seen, and when he saw it again, he became embarrassed. ”

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