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Shahid Siddiqui

Dr. Shahid Siddiqui is Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Media Studies, Art, and Design at Lahore School of Economics. He earned his PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Toronto, Canada, an MEd. in TESOL from the University of Manchester, UK, and completed a Post-doc at Oxford University, UK. He has held academic and administrative roles at several prestigious universities, including Aga Khan University (AKU), Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIKI), and National University of Modern Languages (NUML). He served as Vice-Chancellor of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) from 2014 to 2018. He regularly writes on topics related to Education, Language, Gender, History, and other social issues. He is the editor of the weekly online newsletter Education and Culture in South Asia.

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His books include the following: 

  1. Siddiqui, S. (2007-2010). Rethinking Education in Pakistan: Perceptions, Practices, and  Possibilities, Karachi: Paramount Publishing Enterprise.
  2.  Siddiqui, S. (2012). Education, Inequalities, and Freedom: A Sociopolitical Critique. Islamabad:  Narratives.
  3.   Siddiqui, S. (2013-2025).  Language, Gender, and Power: Politics of Representation and Hegemony.   Karachi; Oxford University Press.
  4.   Siddiqui, S. (2016-2021). Education Policies in Pakistan: Politics, Projections and Practices. Oxford  University Press, Karachi.
  5. Siddiqui, S. (2009, 2016). Adhe Adhooray Khawab, Lahore:  Jahangir Books.
  6.  Siddiqui, S. (2020), Zer e Asman, Lahore:  Sang-e-Meel Publications.
  7. Siddiqui, S. (2021). Mausam e Khush Rang, Lahore:  Sang-e-Meel Publications.
  8. Siddiqui, S. (2016).. Adpachadde Sufne. (Punjabi Novel).  Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications.
  9. Siddiqui, S. (2021). Ad Pora Khawab, Sindh: Preet Publications.
  10. Siddiqui, S. (2022). Potohar; Qissa-e-Dilruba published: Book Corner, Jhelum.
  11.  Siddiqui, S. (2022). Nimekiri Khobona, Pashto translation of the novel, Aadhe Adhore Khawab:   National Book Foundation, Islamabad.
  12. Siddiqui, S. (2023). Dream Don't Die, Islamabad: National Book Foundation
  13. Siddiqui, S, (2023). Pakistan, Taleem aur Ikeesvin Sadi.  Book Corner, Jhelum.
  14. Siddiqui, S. (2024). Toronto, Dubai, and Manchester (Urdu).  Book Corner, Jhelum
  15. Siddiqui, S. (2025). Asman dar Asman. (Urdu). Book, Jhelum
  16. Siddiqui, S. (2025). Reimagining Education in Pakistan: Contemporary Challenges and Critical  Choices, Book Corner, Jhelum