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Woh Eid e Nazzara
Guest Blog by Sophia Ali
Fellow Pakistanis,
I am outraged like many of you by the sheer brutality of the treatment meted out to Aitzaz Ahsan, and that too on Eid! My salutations to you Aitzaz and to all the heroes of the resistance. May Allah bring our struggle to fruition!
Woh Eid e Nazzara darkar hai [...]
Aik Mehkoom Apney Neem Hakeem Se
Guest Post Sophia Ali
Does anyone remember the incomparable Malika Pukhraj singing “Abhi to main Jawan hoon”? I have evoked Hafeez Jalandhari sahib’s hypnotic cadences with a dash of black humour and a burning question about missing Pakistanis. I use the word Hakeem on purpose rather than Hakim to denote the self appointed Dictator/Doctor of [...]
This Grain Of Truth - A tribute to Muneer Malik
Guest post by Sophia Ali
An immeasurable wave of rage and pride rises up in me every time I watch the video of Muneer Malik speaking from his hospital bed. Here is a Pakistani hero whose voice was tortured to a whisper, yet they couldn’t subdue the volume of his incredible spirit, a radiance that empowers [...]
Goonj Uthti Hai Des Kay Har Dareechay se
Guest post by Sophia Ali
Goonjh uthti hai des kay har dareechay se
Bahar e majma e awaam khilti hai
Kheench lo is lamhay ko, waqt kay gariban se
Yeh ghari chooti, to phir wapis, laut ke nahin milti hai
Har firaun kay din girvein hain
Yeh baat tali kab tak? Bol kay ab nahin talti hai.
Naz
25 Nov 2007
Goonjh - An Anthem of Freedom dedicated to the People of Pakistan
Guest post by Sophia Ali
My fellow Pakistanis,
I am an a poet and artist who left for exile in the eighties after my incorruptible father’s career was destroyed under the rule of our last military dictator, Zia ul Haq. The present events have stirred me to return to Urdu Shairi after a long hiatus. Although [...]
