More on Fahmida Riaz
Thanks to Isa Daudpota who sent me the text and the translated poems after he had heard Kamila Shamsie talk about her.. Fahmida Raiz,…
فہمیدہ ریاض – اردو ادب کی ایک بےباک آواذ
فہمیدہ ریاض ہمارے دور کی ایک عظیم ادبی شخصیت تھیں۔ وہ ایک شاعرہ اور مصنفہ تو تھیں ہی مگر اہم طور پر فہمیدہ ریاض…
Raza Rumi recites Fehmida Riaz’s ‘Tum Bilkul Hum Jaise Nikle’
I recited Fehmida Riaz’s ‘Tum Bilkul Ham Jaise Niklay’ – Watch the full video below tum bilkul ham jaise nikle ab tak kahan chhape…
The verse of freedom
In a powerful exploration of resistance poetry in indigenous languages, I discovered marginalized poets challenging mainstream Pakistani identity in moving verse. Much has been…
Fahmida Riaz – “Her dreams of the future”
Barricaded Islamabad enveloped by the ghosts of national gloom has one little corner of hope. The Pakistan Academy of Letters, under its dynamic and…
Of Autumn and Roses
I sent this poem to Fahmida Riaz a few days ago to comfort her. Little did I know that there would be another death…