Asia Arif joins Allama Iqbal Open University in Islamabad

Seven-year-old Doha-born Pakistani girl Asia Arif has become the youngest student at Islamabad-based Allama Iqbal Open University, after being admitted to an Arabic speaking course in the current session, her father said.
Already having the honour of being the youngest Pakistani poetess in the Arabic language, Asia said she would endeavor to produce good results in this course as well.
Asia, a grade three student at Air Foundation School System, Rawalpindi has delivered Arabic speeches in two seminars, in addition to several other speeches in Arabic at different diplomatic occasions.
Dreaming of a future in Arabic literature, Asia has already been honoured by the Qatari ambassador to Pakistan, Sayar bin Abdul Rahman al-Mawdah, and the wife of Saudi ambassador to Pakistan, Aljouhrah Abdullah A. Alarifi, for her literary endeavors.
Asia became famous for her classical Arabic at the age of three years, when Qatar TV aired a report on her Arabic proficiency in 2008. Her father said a number of national and international newspapers, magazines and channels have published and aired detailed reports on Asia in recent years.
Asia is the only daughter of Pakistani writer and journalist Arif Siddiq who lived in Qatar for 13 years and worked in the fields of education, translation and journalism.