Ae Meri Hum-Raqs Mujh Ko Thaam Le

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The poem that Fran wrote on Faruqi’s work and legacy

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00urduhindilinks/srffest/birthdaypoem.html

Faiz’s interview by Naseer Turabi (he talks about the ‘original’ history of the ghazal from 4 min onwards)

N M Rashed’s interview in Mahfil  (he touches on several issues including the ghazal, Progressives, and Faiz)

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00urdu/3mod/rashid_mahfil_1971.pdf

Omar Qureshi’s skeletal overview of Urdu literature

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00urdu/3mod/txt_omarqureshi_modurdulit.pdf

Alys Faiz’s interview in Urdu

Zahra Sabri had written about Faiz’s jail time and the letters he wrote from there

https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/556605-reading-of-letters-of-faiz-ahmed-and-alys

And on Manto and the Progressives and the late critic M. U. Memon’s view

https://zsabree.wordpress.com/2016/05/08/manto-public-conscience-or-master-storyteller/