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Z. G. Muhammad | |
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 Zahid G M | |
| Born | Zahid G Muhammad Nowhatta, Jammu & Kashmir, India |
| Pen name | Zahid G Muhammad |
| Occupation | Writer and columninst |
| Education | Islamia High School |
| Alma mater | Islamia College IIMC Jammu |
| Period | 1982 - Present |
| Genre | Political history, nostalgia |
Z. G. Muhammad is an Indian writer.
Zahid G. Muhammad was born in Nowhatta in the Srinagar district of Jammu and Kashmir, India into a Kashmiri Muslim family. After graduating from Islamia High School, he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Arts degree in English literature from the Islamia College of Science and Commerce of Kashmir University, followed by a course in mass communication from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication in Jammu. Currently, he is an editor of Peace Watch Kashmir, [1] a journal dedicated to peace in South Asia, and a regular columnist for Greater Kashmir , Srinagar.
The author has contributed articles on politics literature, culture, and history in various newspapers like; The Statesman, the Onlooker, Bombay, the Sunday Calcutta, The Free Press Journal , Kashmir Times , Journal of Peace Studies, New Delhi, The News, The Post, The Pakistan Observer , The Washington Post , [2] Tehran Times, [3] The Arab News, [4] and the Urdu Times.
During 1982–1990, he wrote a weekly column for the Press Asia International, New Delhi, and reviewed books on Kashmir history, literature and politics.
Zahid worked as executive editor, for Kashmir Observer between 1997 and 2004.
He contributed a permanent column Punchline on politics, culture and literature for the Greater Kashmir between 1988 and 1995. Also, he also wrote a permanent column, The Media-line on print and electronic media in the Greater Kashmir . Then later in March 2006, he resumed writing a weekly political column Punchline in the Greater Kashmir .
Zahid G Muhammad has participated and chaired many international conferences on Kashmir in London, Washington, D.C., [5] and Montevideo, which were regarding the resolution of the Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan.
Muhammad wrote many short stories in Kashmiri and English. He also produced and wrote documentaries for Doordarshan Kashir.
Some prominent ones were:
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