PULWAMA — Sakeena Jabeen, a girl from south Kashmir’s Pulwama district is all set to publish her first book after writing on various social issues in the past five years in her attempt to ‘build political literacy’.

Sakeena Jabbar (27), with the pen name of Sakeena Jabeen, is a resident of Pathan village in Pulwama district. She has been winning hearts by writing short stories, articles and poems on very critical issues in the society.

Sakeena says that she was interested in writing since her childhood but during the 2016 agitation, she got time to write on different things.

“So far, I have written hundreds of poems, short stories and articles and some of them have been published in different newspapers and online news outlets,” she said, adding, “I have won awards for writing for different platforms.”

Sakeena Jabeen during a literary event in Pulwama
Sakeena Jabeen during a literary event in Pulwama

She said that the aim of her writing is just to give voice to the voiceless people as “writing keeps me alive and if I won’t write anything, I feel like I am dead.”

“Basically, I am trying my bit to build a sort of political literacy that is required in the present circumstances,” she says.

She said that there is no freedom of speech in Kashmir and anyone who raises voice here is being punished. “I have been writing on critical topics like “Is journalism a crime in Kashmir”.

She opines that to keep “ourselves away from bad people, bad habits, anxiety and depression, one must spend his spare time in reading and writing.”

Sakeena said that youth of Jammu and Kashmir are very much talented but there is need to guide them, show them the right path and support them financially as dreams of thousands of youth get shattered due to financial constraints.

“We must work hard and be consistent, success will surely be ours,” she added.

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