Importance of Marsiya During Muharram: It will be a rare person who can claim immunity to the pains and pleasures that poetry can bring, be that in the form of lyrics or poems, sung or orated. Words ...

Keeping the occasion of Muharram in view, I would like to talk about the poetry related to the tragedy of Karbala, which in Urdu has come to stay as a distinctive poetic tradition. At one time these ...

LAHORE: With Muharram right around the corner, most cinemas and other recreational outlets have announced a brief hiatus. On the other hand, Pakistani artists, such as Shazia Manzoor and Humaira ...

I have received a number of Muharram publications during the past few weeks. Today, I will confine myself to collections of poetry alone. It is in the domain of poetry more than in prose that the ...

Syed Israr Ahmed, my brother-in-law, records one Urdu nauha (laments recited to a tune, but without musical instruments) a day, weeping copiously as he does so. He then sends it to his family’s ...

Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, is observed as a period of mourning by devout Muslims, as it was during this month that Imam Hussain, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, was ...

Lucknow: Mourners clad in black attire turned up to show solidarity with the martyrs of the Battle of Karbala on Ashura, the tenth day of Islamic month of Muharram, on Wednesday. It was on the day of ...

Syed Mohammad Anis Kazmi is a Kashmir-based Islamic scholar, historian and author of many books. In this interview, he talks about the history and philosophy of annual Muharram commemorations, unique ...