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Sadia Dehlvi (born 1957) is a Delhi-based media person, activist, writer and a columnist with the daily newspaper, the Hindustan Times, and frequently published in Frontline Urdu, Hindi and English newspapers and magazines.〔(Profile ) Doha Network.〕 She is known to be devotee of Khwaja Gharib Nawaz of Ajmer and Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi. She is popularly known for criticizing radical interpretations of Islam and calls for a pluralistic understanding of Islam. Dehlvi has produced and scripted a number of documentaries and television programs, including ''Amma and Family'' (1995), starring Zohra Sehgal, a veteran stage actor. ==Biography== Sadia Dehlvi was born in Delhi in 1957, to one of the oldest media houses of Delhi, Shama group of Publications, a renowned name in Urdu publication which published 'Shama', a literary and film Urdu monthly, and eventually closed in 1987. Her grandfather was Yusuf Dehlvi and father is Yunus Dehlvi who lived in ''Shama Ghar'' on Sardar Patel Road, in New Delhi where she was born, the one time Delhi's cultural hub, today houses Bahujan Samaj Party headquarters, (since 2002).〔(Maya’s elephant house rises in the rubble of Delhi’s cultural hub ) Indian Express, 1 May 2009.〕 Her surname 'Dehlvi" (Dehlavi) means someone from Delhi reflecting her family's long association with Delhi. For over thirty years Sadia Dehlvi has engaged in voicing concern on issues regarding heritage, culture, women and Muslim communities. She lives with her teenage son in New Delhi. In April 2009 Sadia Dehlvi authored a book on Sufism called "Sufism: The heart of Islam" published by HarperCollins Publishers, India. Her second book, "The Sufi Courtyard: Dargahs of Delhi", also published by HarperCollins, India has been released in February 2012. It details Delhi’s Sufi history. Dehlvi is a close friend and confidante of author Khushwant Singh. Singh's book ''Not a Nice Man to Know'' was dedicated to "Sadia Dehlvi". He wrote, "To Sadia Dehlvi, who gave me more affection and notoriety than I deserve." Singh's book, ''Men and Women in my Life'' carries an entire chapter on her and the cover has her photo. In 1998, Dehlvi produced a television show, "Not a Nice man to Know" with Khushwant Singh interviewing women from various fields. Dehlvi won acclaim for her television series starring the veteran actress Zohra Sehgal "Amma and Family" that broke the stereotype portrayal of a Muslim family. Dehlvi co-produced and scripted the series, also playing one of the main roles. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sadia Dehlvi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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