Participants during the online global symposium organised by Bazm-e-Urdu Qatar.
Doha: Bazm-e-Urdu Qatar (BUQ), the oldest Urdu literary organisation in Qatar, recently organised an online global symposium from Doha.
Bazm, founded in 1959, has been holding monthly poetic symposiums for the last five decades. It also organises quarterly and annual Urdu seminars and international poetic symposiums.
The recent session gave poets couplet lines from noted classical poet Mirza Khan Dagh Dehlvi to write their poetry in line with Daagh’s lines using, ‘This news will fly for a long time,’ and ‘I have fallen after reaching the sky.’
Poet Iqbal Khilash from India presided over the programme, while Dr. Ahmad Ali Barqi Azmi from Delhi was the chief guest for the evening and popular poet Dr. Ahmad Nadeem Rafi (USA) and Sarfraz Bazmi (India) were the guests of honour.
The programme started with the recitation of the Quran by Dr. Saad Rafiq Shad. Dr. Faisal Hanif, Chairman Bazm-e-Urdu Qatar gave the welcome speech offering an account of Bazm’s activities for many decades and a brief introduction of classical poet Daagh Dehvli.
Meanwhile, the General-Secretary Iftekhar Raghib intermittently invited Qazi Abdul Malik and Abul Khair Khan to recite poems of Daagh in rhythm.
Amongst those who recited the Urdu Ghazal in the programe were, Iqbal Khalish (India), Dr. Ahmad Ali Berqi Azmi (India), Dr. Ahmad Nadeem Rafi (USA), Sarfraz Bazmi (India), Jaleel Nizami, Alok Kumar Shreevastiv Shaz Jahani (India), Mohammad Rafiq Shad Akolvi, Iftikhar Raghb, Rashid Sheikh (USA), Zamir Ahmed Zamir (India), Farid Anwar Siddiqui (UAE), Zeenat Kausar Lakhani (Pakistan), Fayyaz Bukhari Kamal, Farooq Raza (India), Ajit Singh Badal (India), Mansoor Azmi, Dr. Wasi Bastavi, Mansoor Qasmi (KSA), Shahbaz Shamsi (UAE), Dr. Tariq Faiz (India), Izhar Rashid (India), Vaijnath Shah Manto, Razia Kazmi (USA), Alia Taqvi (India), Sufyan Ahmed (India) and Nazhat Nausheen (India).
The guests of honour delivered a short speech about the online experience of the symposium. They thanked BUQ for bestowing upon them the guests of honor title for the evening, saying such programmes were a dire need of the society to promote Urdu language and literature.
The chief guest poet, Dr. Ahmad Ali Barqi Azmi, hailed BUQ for its activities. He recounted BUQ’s efforts to promote the Urdu language and literature in the country during this pandemic.
Iqbal Khalish appreciated the poets in attendance. He thanked BUQ’s team for continuing to serve the cause of Urdu in a foreign country.
The programme was considered another fine addition to the efforts of BUQ in organising seminars to attract and enlighten Doha Urdu lovers about poets and writers who have significantly contributed to the growth of Urdu literature.
