(source: wikipedia)Shamsun Nahar Iffat Ara (born 1939; known as Iffat Ara) is a Bangladeshi writer, social activist and literary organizer. Her literary career began in late 1950s when she started to write short stories and publish them in the leading newspaper of the country including the Azad.
Iffat Ara was born to Maulavi Quazi Abdul Hakim and Mosammat Hajera Khatun in Kishoreganj in 1939.[ She struggled hard for formal education, first learning Arabic at home to be able to... more]
