Whether recited by Faiz Ahmed Faiz himself, sung by Iqbal Bano, featured on a popular music show or chanted passionately by crowds, ‘Hum Dekhenge’ is poetry for everyone, for every time. For Zohaib ...
Ali Madeeh Hashmi, the grandson of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, writes that when these lines were sung by Iqbal Bano in 1986, the crowd went into raptures. The poem was one of modern Urdu’s most famous – “‘Wa ...
The timeless Urdu poem “Hum Dekhenge” by Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz has once again become a matter of debate on social media - this time in an inter-country issue. A purported video clip showing ...
Indian parliament last month passed the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, triggering countrywide protests against the legislation, which discriminates against minorities. Indian ...
Poetry is the single most powerful weapon against brute, authoritarian regimes. No one understands this better than the young. That is why they sing hum dekhenge On February 13, 1986—the 75th birth ...
The Tamil version of Hum Dekhenge, written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, which has become a popular protest song during the recent demonstrations against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, was released on Friday.