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Hijab Imtiaz Ali
Indo-Pakistani writer and pilot / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hijab Imtiaz Ali (1908–1999) was a writer, editor and diarist. She is a well known name in Urdu literature and a pioneer of romanticism in Urdu.[1] She is also considered as the first female Muslim pilot after she obtained her official pilot license in 1936, although Zuleykha Seyidmammadova from Soviet Azerbaijan had qualified as a pilot two years earlier, in 1934.[2][3][4]
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Born | 1908 |
Died | 1999. |
Occupation(s) | Writer, editor, pilot |
Spouse | Imtiaz Ali Taj |
Children | Yasmeen Tahir (daughter) |
Relatives | Naeem Tahir (son-in-law) Faran Tahir (grandson) Ali Tahir (grandson) |
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