Occupation Children's Author Education Jamia Hamdard Role Author | Name Saniyasnain Khan Genre Children's literature, | |
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Notable works Goodnight Stories from the Quran, Tell Me about the Prophet Muhammad Books Goodword Islamic studies, Tell Me About Hajj, The First Man: Quran St, Quran Stories For Kids, More Quran Stories fo | ||
Story of saniyasnain khan indian television host children s author with over 100 children s books
Saniyasnain Khan is an Indian television host and children's author with over 100 children's books to his credit. These are on subjects relating to Islam. A number of his books have been translated into French, German, Turkish, Danish, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, Bosnian, Norwegian, Russian, Uzbek, Arabic, Malay, Bengali and Urdu. He has also created board games for children on Islamic themes. A trustee of the Centre for Peace and Spirituality (CPS International) – a non-profit, non-political organization working towards peace and spirituality, he contributes articles on Islam and spirituality to English newspapers. He does a weekly TV program, "Islam for Kids" on ETV Urdu and was a co-host of Kahaniyan Quran Se (Stories from the Quran) which was telecasted on ZEE-Salaam. Recently he was recognized by the Limca Book of Records. His book, The Story of Khadija has been awarded Sharjah Children's Book Award He is mentioned in a study done on the World's 500 Most Influential Muslims by the George Washington University, USA.
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- Story of saniyasnain khan indian television host children s author with over 100 children s books
- Pragya prabhat saniyasnain khan channel pragya
- Biography
- Selected works
- References
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Biography
Son of noted Islamic scholar, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, Saniyasnain Khan was born in 1959 at Azamgarh, U.P. India. In 1967 he moved to Delhi along with his father. He attended the Mazharul Islam Middle School and the Govt Model Higher Secondary School-2 (Ludlow Castle), Delhi. He subsequently studied at Jamia Hamdard, the University of Delhi and Jamia Millia Islamia. He did his post-graduation in Arabic from the University of Delhi. In 1976, under the guidance of his father, he started an Urdu monthly magazine called Al-Risala. In 1996, he established Goodword Books. His first book, entitled Tell Me About Hajj, was published in 1999.
Selected works
Saniyasnain Khan has written numerous children's books including: