Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar
Chair: Dr. Naseem Hines
Cosponsored with the Harvard Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program and Pakistan American Democratic Forum (PADF) Literary Circle
Schedule and Speakers:
First Session: 2:30 pm -3:30 pm
Opening Remarks: Dr Naseem Hines
Intizar Hussain: Contemporary World Class Urdu Fiction
Dr Razia Mushkoor
The Worldview of Intizar Hussain
Dr Agha Saeed
Best of Intizar Hussain by Intizar Hussain – Video / Skype
Second Session: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Urdu Poetry – 1: 3:30 pm-4:00 pm
Habib Jalib: The Poet of Many Epochs
Nazir Qaiser, Hafizullah Khan Niazi
The Best of Habib Jalib
Rendition by Tahira Habib Jalib – Skype
Urdu Poetry – 2: 4:00 pm -4:30 pm
Nazir Qaiser: The Aesthetic Poet of Contemporary Pakistan
Hafizullah Khan Niazi
Aesthetic Inheritor of Munir Niazi and Nasir Kazmi
Dr. Agha Saeed
Best of Nazir Qaiser by Nazir Qaiser
Third Session: 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Social Ethics of Dr Yaqub Mirza
Dr Agha Saeed
Essentials of “The Five Pillars of Prosperity”
Dr Yaqub Mirza
