Faiz Centenary Celebration 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why the Celebration?

Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s hundredth birth anniversary will be celebrated this year across South Asia and the globe. His poetry of resistance, with its vigorous challenge to authoritarianism, is as relevant today as when it flowed from his pen several decades ago. Revered for having stood up to exploitation, injustice and state coercion, Faiz’s legacy lives on as scores of writers and artists continue to struggle for an equitable, plural and tolerant society.

Faiz remains a torch-bearer for those striving for freedom of expression. The civil liberties enjoyed today by millions have only been achieved through decades-long struggles waged by public intellectuals, fearless activists and artists. By marking the Faiz centenary, Urdu Times is organizing the Fifth Aalmi Urdu Conference on the Faiz Ahmed Faiz 100 year celebration