The prestigious “Mohsin-e-Urdu Award” was presented to Rehan Khan, founder of Bazm-e-Urdu Dubai, honouring his lifelong ...

Urdu poetry will feature prominently at SIBF 2025 with Dr. Zubair Farooq, the first Emirati poet to write in Urdu. He has ...

Poetry evenings will give voice to verse in eight languages at the upcoming 44th Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF 2025).

Poetry evenings will give voice to verse in eight languages at the upcoming 44th Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF 2025).

When it comes to romantic poetry in Urdu language films, the first name that comes to mind is Sahir Ludhianvi, whose ...

An exploration of Urdu’s origins, its rich literary tradition and its increasing popularity among the young as a language of ...

In this episode of Urdunama, Fabeha Syed explores Roshni, light in Urdu poetry. From Shakeel Badayuni to Waseem Barelvi, ...

Dubai: By day, he is Amaan Haider Zaidi, a top executive with a global visa outsourcing and technology services company in ...

Life, in its purest form, is poetry. But lately, it feels more like a user manual—mechanical, perfunctory, and devoid of soul ...

When Urdu poet Nazeer Akbarabadi (1740–1830) penned his glowing verses on Diwali, he was writing about much more than a ...

That's the caption of the resurfaced video, now voraciously doing the rounds of the internet. On first look, it reads like a harmless skit. But the context is what puts it in a grey area — especially ...

The founders of the original Poetry Circle, active in 1980s and ’90s Bombay, launched an updated forum where poets can meet ...