Riyadh, June 13: In the new colonies of Urdu, centenary celebrations of Faiz Ahmed Faiz are being celebrated with a view to pay rich tributes to the poetry of Faiz and to bow down our foreheads in front of this great poet of the century.
In the new colonies of Urdu, Riyadh is one of the important centers. “Mohibban-e-Faiz” organization of Riyadh arranged a literary session at Marhaba Restaurant’s Banquet Hall. The chief organizer of this session, Mr. Mir Firasat Ali Khan, this time got included representatives of younger generation namely Mr. Zayeenul Haq and Mohammed Shahriyar Ahmed Khan in his team Mr. Zayeenul Haq is from Pakistan. He has high quality literary taste. He is a member of the staff of a multinational company in Riyadh.
Mr. Shehriyar is the son of Mr. Mohammed Nazeer Ahmed Khan of Hyderabad. The function commenced with the recitation of Quranic verses by Qari Abdur Rahim who presented the versified translation of Surah Rahman composed by Josh Malehabadi Mr. Firasat Ali Khan presented the report of 30 years of literary activities. Mushaira was presided over by Kavish Abbasi. Poets such as Dr. Shafeeq Nadvi, Tahir Bilal, Hashmath Siddiqui, Khursheedul Hasan Nayyar, K. Maseeh Uddin, Itisham Syed, Rana Khalid, Javed Akhtar Javed, Shoukat Jamal & Kavish Abbasi presented their poems. Mr. Firasat Ali presented vote of thanks.
——–Siasat News