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Waheed Mohiuddin (born in January 1978) is a Pakistani born author, playwright and freelance documentary filmmaker, now living in Ireland. He is an outspoken left-wing liberal humanist secular thinker. He has served in different colleges and universities in research and academic departments in Pakistan. He is best known for his novels “ The Chains - Devil vs. God, the greatest mystery ever” and “ Revenge - A journey from mosque to murder.” He always high lights in his stories the social issues of Pakistan in particular and gender based violence, global peace, inter-faith harmony and terrorism in general. He has presented his research papers at several national and international conferences including United Kingdom, New Zealand, Pakistan, Finland, United States, and Poland.

Early Life and Education:

Born in Gujrat, Pakistan and completed his early education from Gujrat. He completed his post graduation successfully in English Literature from the University of Punjab; Women Studies from Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan; Social Policy and Development from Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom; and Diploma in Documentary Film Making from Filmbase, Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland.

Activism:

During his stay in Pakistan, he remained a favorite teacher of the students and was famous for his open debates on taboos, and motivational lectures. He wrote several columns about the social issues of Pakistan in English newspaper ‘way of embassy’ Islamabad and ‘The Post’ Lahore. Let’s make Pakistan better ; Terrific traffic system in Pakistan; Violence against women in Pakistan; and disability of Pakistani government for the rights of disables, are his top ranking columns. He arranged a very successful tour of Ms. Katja Kalamaki, a diplomat from Finland to his city, Gujrat where she visited Chenab group of colleges, and the University of Gujrat. He also arranged a dialogue about gender-based violence in Pakistan and presented his research work to Ms. Katja.

While staying in Ireland, he raised his voice for the rights of refugees and homeless community. His stage play “Breathe In Breathe Out” performed at Axis Theatre, Ballymun, Dublin, directed and produced by Irish activists Oonaugh Murphy, Maeve Stone and Moira Bradley Averil (late) at the plateform of ‘Change of Address’. He has appeared several times on radio channels in Dublin and high lighted the issues of Islamophobia, terrorism, free speech, global peace, and sham marriage in the European Union and other developed countries. He also participated in Irish National Television “RTE ONE” program “Inside the GPO.”

“Shades” is another his dynamic creation. Shades is a short film that focuses the inter-faith harmony and global peace. Ferdia Murphy Bradley, an Irish filmmaker, is producing this film. Filmbase Ireland made a short documentary film ‘Autumn Leaf’ on the critical moments of his life.

Creative Writings:

The Chains –Devil vs. God, the greatest mystery ever (Novel) []

Revenge – A Journey from mosque to Murder (Novel) []

Breathe In Breathe Out (stage play)

Shades (Film script)

Noble Stones – In the name of honour (Short story) []

George 2897 – Man is not a number (Short Story) []

Roja Roni – the story of a homeless (Short Story)

Alisha – the child bride (Short story)

Tara – between love and lies (Short story)

Nazo – Halala, The Shame (Short story)

Zarqa – Stoning her (Short story)