Sulaiman Areeb ( 05 April 1922 - 07 September 1972) was an Indian poet fromAurangabad.
Areeb was ofHadhrami Arab Muslim ancestry. His forebears migrated from theHadramaut to the city of Hyderabad to work under the Nizam of Hyderabad. His father Sulaiman bin Abd al-Razzaq was a commissioned officer in theHyderabad State Forces. He was married twice, the second time to Safia Begum, who herself was an Urdu teacher and writer.[1]
He started his literary career at an early age. Initially, he wrote essays and short stories but later turned to poetry. He became known after the independence of India.[2]
He was editor and publisher ofSaba (The Breeze), an Urdu literary magazine established in 1955. It played an important role in popularizing modern literary trends and concepts.[3][4]
Areeb was an active member of theCommunist Party of India (CPI) and champion of theProgressive Writers Movement. He strongly supported theTelangana Peasants' Revolt along with other progressive Urdu writers of Hyderabad in order to give equality and civil rights to the nativeHindu population and end the discrimination and oppression perpetrated by the Muslims.[5]
His poems have been translated into other languages, including English.[6]
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