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Tayyaba Rafiq

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A linguist by education, researcher by profession and writer/poet by passion, Tayyaba holds an honors and M-Phil degree in English Language and Linguistics. Hailing from a remote village of Bulleh Shah’s land Kasur, zealous to preserve, promote and popularize her marginalized mother tongue (Punjabi), Tayyaba writes, advocates and researches themed around her interests. Besides co-founding an advocacy campaign “Ugaiti Soch” to put girls education and right of children to receive a quality education at the front of public and political discourse, Tayyaba has recently co-founded “Aman Chaupal” a safer and inclusive space for villages particularly children and females to intermingle and interact. Aman Chaupal is striving to revive traditional Chaupals that used to be the center of socio-political and cultural activities by means of art, literature, poetry and discourse. She is also one of the leading Members of a Campaign “Peace through Lens” based on documentaries, on ground screening and real stories about interfaith harmony and minorities issues.