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Poetry readings will be in Urdu with English translation in a special co-presentation ... This program has been supported by Dr. Azra Raza and is part of Creative Voices of Islam in Asia, supported by ...
Urdu poetry is full of allusions to Arabic, Persian, Islamic, and Hindu traditions. Some shers may require an understanding of some difficult philosophical-theological concepts or need some light ...
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL), Dr Muhammad Yousuf Khushk lauded the valuable contribution of noted Urdu poet, dramatist, critic, columnist and fiction writer, Amjad Islam ...
I found vast amounts of poetry written by Hindu and Sikh poets ... considered a prophet in Islam). With Urdu gradually freeing itself from its ‘Muslim’ tag and reclaiming its rightful place ...
In Urdu poetry the image of Lahore as a city of enchantment ... Kishwar Naheed, Aslam Ansari, Amjad Islam Amjad, Ghulam Hussain Sajid, Abbas Tabish are just few shining stars of the galaxy of ...
So he began translating his favorite poetry from Islam’s mystical Sufi tradition ... translated from their original Arabic, Turkish, Urdu and Persian, including those by the 13th-century Sufi ...
Renowned literary figure Amjad Islam Amjad in a recent live session with Tajdar Zaidi of Qissa Khwaan fame discussed the schism in Urdu poetry following the partition of the Sub-Continent.
Ashfaq Husain talked about Urdu poetry written in other parts of the ... It also contains feminist consciousness (nisa’i shaoor). Amjad Islam Amjad took issue with the title of the session ...
ISLAMABAD: Chairman of Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL), Dr Muhammad Yousuf Khushk lauded the valuable contribution of noted Urdu poet, dramatist, critic, columnist and fiction writer, Amjad ...