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Three Poems by Allama Iqbal – Part 3

Posted on December 5, 2009 by Ali Hashmi

Three Poems by Allama Iqbal: A Psychological Interpretation of ‘A Mother’s Dream’, ‘Khizr the Guide’ and ‘Dialogue between God and Man’ Part III. Muhawaraa Maa Bain Khuda-o-Insan (Dialogue between God and Man): The third poem in this selection, ‘Muhawaraa maa … Continue reading →

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Three Poems by Allama Iqbal – Part 2

Posted on November 28, 2009 by Ali Hashmi

Three Poems by Allama Iqbal: A Psychological Interpretation of ‘A Mother’s Dream’, ‘Khizr the Guide’ and ‘Dialogue between God and Man’ Part II. Khizr-e-Rah (Khizr the Guide) Al-Khizr (Arabic: “the Green One”) is an enigmatic figure in Islam. He is … Continue reading →

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Three Poems by Allama Iqbal – Part 1

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Ali Hashmi

Three Poems by Allama Iqbal: A Psychological Interpretation of ‘A Mother’s Dream’, ‘Khizr the Guide’ and ‘Dialogue between God and Man’ Part I. ‘Everywhere I go, I find that a poet has been there before me’ Sigmund Freud One of … Continue reading →

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Faiz and the Progressive Movement

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Ali Hashmi

In this article Ali Hashmi talks about the Progressive Movement in the IndoPak and the role of Faiz Ahmad Faiz in it. The article is written in Urdu and can be accessed through the PDF download below. Faiz aur taraqi … Continue reading →

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Ideals – Part 6 of 6

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Ali Hashmi

6. The Break Recent books have suggested that Faiz dissociated himself from the organization after just a few years but this is incorrect since even after Pakistan’s inception (i.e. more than ten years after the formation of the PWA), Faiz … Continue reading →

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