KARACHI, Oct 4 A collection of marsiya writings titled Nawa-i-Mimbar by Dr Rehan Azmi was launched at the Arts Council Karachi on Monday. Distinguished poet Iftikhar Arif presided over the programme ...

The Jashn-e-Bahar Trust recently organised Dastan-e-Marsiya: Karbala se Kashi tak, an evening dedicated to Marsiya. Marsiya is a poetic form that commemorates the martyrdom and courage of Hazrat Imam ...

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 ...

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As the Muslim month of Moharram begins this week (June 26 or 27, depending on the sighting of the new moon), the pulsating Pala Galli aka Hazrat Abbas Street in Dongri prepares to be draped in black.

In a landmark moment for South Asian literary scholarship, Dr Amara Ali has become the first known academic to earn a PhD focused on Kashmiri Marsiya—a deeply spiritual and elegiac poetic tradition ...