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EVENTS ON FAIZ IN Birmingham
Faiz Centenary National Organising Committee (UK) is supporting
many organisations and comrades to organise events to celebrate
the life and poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz throughout Britain. This
website is one of the main vehicles to support and publicise
these events. Over fifty political, artistic and cultural
events will be taking this year and it is hoped that the website
will be a useful vehicle to inform wider community in Britain as
well as rest of the world.
We request cultural, literary and social organisations to make
use of the website to publicise their events free. We also send
regular alert mailing to hundreds of people and organisations to
highlight forthcoming events.
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March 26, Saturday |
Birmingham Tribute to Faiz Ahmed Faiz |
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Co-ordinated by Shabana Yousaf, Bazm e Qalam |
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Halqa-e-Arbaab-e-Zouq organised Faiz Centenary
celebration in Birmingham. The event was addressed by Dr
Imran Bhinder, Dr Saeed Mahinder, Basir Kazmi, Ms Naseem
Akhter Naseem, Tahir Safi, Talat Saleem, Dardana Ensari,
Ms Akhter Durani, Shabana Yousaf, Hanif Usmani, Dr Safi
Hassan and Adam Chagtai. Speakers highlighted various
aspects of Faiz's life, committment for the rights of
poor people, peace, equality and social justice for all
the people of the world. Faiz Sb's close friend
Badar-Ud-Din Badar was also present. |
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June 9,
Thursday, 7.00pm |
Birmingham Documentry
on Faiz Ahmed Faiz
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Faiz Ahmed
Faiz: Poet in Troubled Times |
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Venue:
The Drum,
144 Potters Lane, Aston,
Birmingham, B6 4UU. |
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This
moving and revealing documentary on the life and
times of the Pakistani national poet Faiz Ahmed
Faiz, narrated by the writer and political activist
Tariq Ali,
has become a cult classic. Using archival and
original footage including interviews with his
family members, intellectuals and activists, and
Faiz’s poetry itself, the film tells the story of
how the writer, trade unionist and political
activist used his creative endeavours to defend
human rights and further the universal causes of
social justice and liberty, and of his imprisonment
and eventual exile.
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June 12, Sunday |
Birmingham Symposium
on Faiz Ahmed Faiz |
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Revolutionary Poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz |
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Venue:
The Drum,
144 Potters Lane, Aston,
Birmingham, B6 4UU. |
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This special symposium brings
together prominent academics, poets and political
activists to mark and celebrate the life and poetry of
Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Invited guest speakers
include writer, constitutional expert and president
Workers Party Pakistan Abid Hassan Minto, Faiz's
fellow and former president HRCP Pakistan I. A.
Rehman, writer, broadcaster Tariq Ali
and Faiz’s daughter Salima Hashmi, Dyal Singh
Baghri
president Indian Workers
Association UK, and others. |
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June 18, Saturday |
Birmingham International
Mushaira
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In Memory of Faiz Ahmed Faiz |
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Venue:
The Birmingham Library
Theatre. |
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Paradise Place,
Birmingham, B3 3HQ (near the Central Library) |
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As part of the Faiz
centenary celebrations, this Mushaira promises to be
one of the largest and prominent gatherings of
renowned Urdu and Punjabi poets in the United
Kingdom.
Birmingham poets will
be joined by leading poets from all over the UK and
abroad to pay homage and honor the memory of Faiz
Ahmed Faiz. Taking inspiration from Faiz’s work,
they will recite their poems and make reference to
the impact and influence of Faiz on their poetry.
Invited poets include Saaki Farooqi, Iftikhar Arif,
Basir Kazmi, Sadaf Mirza, Sabir Raza, Hassan Safi,
Arshad Latif, Yashab Tamanna and many others.
A must for all
writers, poets, activists and connoisseurs of Urdu/
Punjabi poetry.
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www.faizcentenary.org
info@faizcentenary.org
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