Faiz Ahmed Faiz Centenary Celibration in Manchester UK – Saturday, the 5th March 2011

FAIZ CENTENARY 2011

Unity for Peace and Social Justice to make the world a better place for all

Come, we too should raise our hands (in supplication)

For world peace, and for the prosperity of its people

 

2011 has been declared as the Faiz Centenary year. Hundreds of events will be taking place throughout the world. The Faiz Centenary National Organising Committee in Britain is organising events in over ten cities.

 

The Manchester Co-ordination Committee is organising an event in the city to pay our tribute to Faiz Ahmed Faiz, one the most prominent poet from Pakistan. In addition to colossal contributions to poetry, Faiz also played an important role in journalism and trade union movement.

 

We have invited prominent poets, journalists and political activists to share their thoughts. Faiz remains a symbol for all of us in our struggle for peace, democracy and social justice.

 

We cordially invite all peace-loving and progressive people to attend the event.

 

SATURADAY, 3.00 P.M., 5 MARCH 2011,

PAKISTANI COMMUNITY CENTRE, 612A STOCKPORT ROAD, LONGSIGHT,

MANCHESTER M13 0RQ

 

Invited poets and speakers:

 

Bill Greenshields

Chairman Communist Party of Brittan, Former President, National Union of Teachers; Member NOC Faiz Centenary Celebrations UK

Avtar Sadiq

Vice President, Indian Workers Association UK, European representative CPI(M); Patron NOC Faiz Centenary Celebrations UK

Mohammad Ajeeb

Former Lord Mayor, Bradford Council; Member NOC Faiz Centenary Celebrations UK

Mushtaq Lasherie

President, Third World Solidarity UK; Member NOC Faiz Centenary Celebrations UK

Professor Nazir Tabassum

Patron NOC Faiz Centenary Celebrations UK; Co-ordinator South Asian Peoples Forum UK

Basir Kazmi

Prominent Urdu poet, Manchester; Member NOC Faiz Centenary Celebrations UK

Asha Amirali

Information Secretary, Workers Party Pakistan

Sadaf Mirza

Writer & poet, Co-ordinator Faiz Centenary Denmark

Ahmed Nizami

Member NOC Faiz Centenary Celebrations UK; President Overseas Pakistani Journalists Council UK

Nasar Malik

Writer & broadcaster, Faiz Centenary Denmark

Riaz Khokar

Progressive Poet & educationist, Manchester; Member NOC Faiz Centenary Celebrations UK

A.R. Ansari

President, Bazm-e-Adab, Manchester; Member NOC Faiz Centenary Celebrations UK

Pervez Fateh

Secretary, NOC Faiz Centenary UK; Co-ordinator South Asian Peoples Forum UK

Abdul Quddus

Parobi Bengali Cultural Association, Leeds; Member NOC Faiz Centenary Celebrations UK

Ghulam Qadir Azad

Political activist and poet, Manchester; Member NOC Faiz Centenary Celebrations UK

Ghazal Ansari

Prominent Urdu Poet, Dewsbury

Anis Zaidi

Political activist, Manchester; Member NOC Faiz Centenary Celebrations UK

Ghazal Ansari

Prominent Urdu Poet, Dewsbury

Rasheed Saraba

Writer, Political Activitist; Member NOC & Co-ordinator New Castle Committee, Faiz Centenary Celebrations UK

Jamil Akhter

Writer & social worker, Cambridge; Member NOC & Co-ordinator Cambridge Committee, Faiz Centenary Celebrations UK

 

Light refreshment will be available.

 

 

For further information, contact the members of Manchester Co-ordination Committee:

 

Ahmed Nizami: 07894083659

AR Ansari: 0161 2242816

Anis Zaidi: 07813836331

Riaz Khokar: 07884302901

Ghulam Qadir Azad: 0161 4426836

Nadia Siddiqui: 0161 2255111

Mohsin Zulfiqar: 07540829564

Pervez Fateh: 07958541672

 

www.faizcentenary.org