HYDERABAD: Saudi media personality and filmmaker Sameera Aziz was honored in Hyderabad, India, for promoting Urdu in Saudi Arabia by the government of Telangana State at a function held to mark the Minority Welfare Day recently.
Indian state of Telangana celebrates Minority Welfare Day every year on the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, a senior political leader of the Indian independence movement and the first education minister of India.
The “Special Award for the Promotion of Urdu” was conferred on Sameera for her contribution to Urdu language in Saudi Arabia.
Sameera has been associated with Urdu and English journalism for the past 15 years and has written articles and stories for various newspapers in Urdu and English.
She is aiming for academic research on the practice of Urdu language by Saudi nationals in Saudi Arabia.
Bandaru Dattatreya, union minister of state for labour and employment; Mohammed Mahmood Ali, deputy chief minister of the government of Telangana; Rahimullah Khan Niyazi and many prominent personalities of government of Telangana were present on this occasion. Sameera is in Mumbai these days in connection with her pre-production work and casting for her first Bollywood movie REEM.
Female journalist from KSA honored in India
Female journalist from KSA honored in India
