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.