Wasim Barelvi

{{Short description|Indian poet (born 1940)}}

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| name = Waseem Barelvi

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| birth_name = Zahid Hussain

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|02|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bareilly, United Provinces, British India

| occupation = Poet

| genre = Urdu poetry, Hindi poetry, Shayari

| years_active = 1965 - Present

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Zahid Hussain (born 18 February 1940), better known by the pen name Wasim Barelvi, is an Indian Urdu-language poet.{{cite news |last1=Tiwari |first1=Mrigank |title=Akademi awards returned show writers' dismay: Poet Barelvi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/Akademi-awards-returned-show-writers-dismay-Poet-Barelvi/articleshow/49328695.cms |access-date=15 November 2018 |date=12 October 2015 |archive-date=3 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203044629/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/Akademi-awards-returned-show-writers-dismay-Poet-Barelvi/articleshow/49328695.cms |url-status=live }} He was born in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh.{{cite news |title=An Evening with Famous Urdu Poet Wasim Barelvi was organised by Chandigarh Sahitya Akdemi |url=http://www.chddaily.net/CHDdailyDetail/61/An-Evening-with-Famous-Urdu-poet-Wasim-Barelvi-was-Organised-by-Chandigarh-Sahitya--Akdemi |access-date=15 November 2018 |work=Chandigarh Daily |date=13 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115153936/http://www.chddaily.net/CHDdailyDetail/61/An-Evening-with-Famous-Urdu-poet-Wasim-Barelvi-was-Organised-by-Chandigarh-Sahitya--Akdemi |archive-date=15 November 2018}}{{Cite web | url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2008/February/theuae_February72.xml§ion=theuae&col= | title=A cultural feast of poetry in tune with DSF spirit | access-date=17 January 2011 | archive-date=29 September 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929091859/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2008/February/theuae_February72.xml§ion=theuae&col= | url-status=dead }}{{cite news |last1=Khan |first1=Salman |title=Shayaris: Our ten most poignant picks from Ghalib to Gulzar |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/featured-blog/sahayris-our-ten-most-poignant-picks-from-ghalib-to-gulzar/969669 |access-date=15 November 2018 |work=The Free Press Journal |date=10 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929091859/https://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2008/February/theuae_February72.xml§ion=theuae&col= |archive-date=29 September 2012}}{{cite news |last1=Kaul |first1=Vivek |title=Dear Mr Urjit Patel, Have You Ever Heard of Wasim Barelvi? |url=https://www.equitymaster.com/diary/detail.asp?date=04/10/2017&story=2&title=Dear-Mr-Urjit-Patel-Have-You-Ever-Heard-of-Wasim-Barelvi |access-date=15 November 2018 |work=Equity Master |date=10 April 2017 |archive-date=15 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115195422/https://www.equitymaster.com/diary/detail.asp?date=04/10/2017&story=2&title=Dear-Mr-Urjit-Patel-Have-You-Ever-Heard-of-Wasim-Barelvi |url-status=dead }} His ghazals, many sung by Jagjit Singh, are very popular.{{cite news |last1=Haider |first1=Saeed |title=Majesty of Urdu poetry mesmerizes all in ISF Mushaira |url=http://saudigazette.com.sa/article/531333 |access-date=15 November 2018 |work=Saudi Gazette |date=26 March 2018 |archive-date=15 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115195205/http://saudigazette.com.sa/article/531333 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Poets and academicians believe Urdu can bring India, Pakistan closer |url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/article/20150406/ARTICLE/304069964/1028 |access-date=15 November 2018 |work=Khaleej Times International |agency=PTI |date=7 April 2015 |archive-date=16 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116000822/https://www.khaleejtimes.com/article/20150406/ARTICLE/304069964/1028 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |last1=Nangiana |first1=Umer |title=The best of Urdu poetry |url=https://www.gulf-times.com/story/467427/The-best-of-Urdu-poetry |access-date=15 November 2018 |work=Gulf Times |date=22 December 2015 |location=Doha, Qatar}} He has been awarded with the "Firaq Gorakhpuri International Award",{{cite news |last1=IANS |title=Wasim Bareilwi gets first Firaq Gorakhpuri award |url=http://twocircles.net/2008jun16/wasim_bareilwi_gets_first_firaq_gorakhpuri_award.html |access-date=15 November 2018 |work=Two Circles.net |date=16 June 2008 |archive-date=16 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116125703/http://twocircles.net/2008jun16/wasim_bareilwi_gets_first_firaq_gorakhpuri_award.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Awards |url=http://www.milligazette.com/news/6394-awards |access-date=15 November 2018 |work=The Milli Gazette |date=1-15 April 2010 |location=New Delhi, India |archive-date=16 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116000854/http://www.milligazette.com/news/6394-awards |url-status=live }} the Kalidas gold medal (by the Haryana government, in recognition for his services in the field of Urdu and Hindi poetry);{{cite news |last1=Tiwari |first1=Mrigank |title=My pen should motivate positive ideas, social harmony: Wasim |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/My-pen-should-motivate-positive-ideas-social-harmony-Wasim-Barelvi/articleshow/49586374.cms |access-date=15 November 2018 |work=The Times of India |date=29 October 2015}} the Begum Akhtar Kala Dharmi award; and the Naseem-e-Urdu award.

Barelvi is Vice-Chairman of the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL).

He has also performed at Culrav 2012 (the cultural event of NIT Allahabad). He is also Member of Legislative Council of Uttar Pradesh since 2016.{{cite news |title=वसीम बरेलवी विधान परिषद के लिए नामित |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/bareilly/wasim-barelvi-named-to-the-legislative-council |access-date=16 January 2021 |work=Amar Ujala |date=30 April 2016 |language=hi |archive-date=11 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911160950/https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/bareilly/wasim-barelvi-named-to-the-legislative-council |url-status=live }}