Pakistan Is Lost to Intolerance, but There’s Still Ishrat Afreen’s Poetry
Though Ishrat Afreen remains forgotten and neglected in her own country, she is an institution unto herself.
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Though Ishrat Afreen remains forgotten and neglected in her own country, she is an institution unto herself.
Faruqi (1935-2020) was simultaneously a high-quality writer, competent critic, respected poet, high-ranking short-story writer, authentic researcher, and expert of prosody and grammar.
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, translations offer a glimpse into two women Urdu poets, Kishwar Naheed and Zehra Nigah’s protests against the practice.
In 1949, while in Lahore, the poet wrote ‘Avaaz-e-Adam’, in which ‘hum bhi dekhenge’ remains a memorable phrase… In memory of Sahir Ludhianvi, who passed away 40 years ago on October 25, 1980.
Raza Naeem explores the Russian revolutionary’s influence on Urdu’s literati.
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