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Dr. Munawar Hanih T T, is a native of Valanchery Munnakkal in Malappuram district of Kerala. After his primary education, he completed his graduation in English literature from WMO College. Project Dissertation Submitted for graduation on 'Post-colonial traits of Alice Walker's novel The Color Purple'. He completed his Master's degree in Malayalam Literature from Aligarh Muslim University. During his Master's, he compiled research on the natural lore along the banks of the river Kadalundi entitled 'Folklore of Kadalundipuzha'. This paper was awarded the MP Paul Memorial Award. He received his doctorate from Aligarh Muslim University on the thesis 'Poetic identity of Malayalam Sufi poetry'. This research thesis has explored Sufi poetry in Malayalam, which flourished on the margins of cultural space without receiving special attention until then. His research examined their concept-poetic identity and marked them as a different genre of poetry in Malayalam literature. During his research, he has completed teaching assignments for master's students of Modern Indian Languages at Aligarh Muslim University. He has published two books of sufi poetry and philosophy by Book Plus, a leading publisher in Malayalam. The books are Malayalam Sufi Poetry(മലയാള സൂഫി കവിത) and Sufism in Modern Discourses(സൂഫിസം ആധുനിക വ്യവഹാരങ്ങളിൽ). He has presented papers related to his research in many seminars and writes frequently on contemporary issues for the leading Malayalam newspaper 'Suprabhatam'. He has published several articles on folklore, Sufism, Islamic eschatology and politics. He works as an Assistant Professor of Malayalam at Sir Syed College, Taliparamba, under Kannur University.
