{"id":1319,"date":"2015-06-03T12:18:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T20:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southasia.washington.edu\/?p=1319"},"modified":"2016-05-26T20:16:18","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T20:16:18","slug":"adabi-nashist-an-urdu-literary-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/news\/adabi-nashist-an-urdu-literary-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Adabi Nashist: An Urdu Literary Session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last\u00a0Saturday the South Asia Center was pleased to host &#8220;Adabi Nashist: An Urdu Literary Session. \u00a0&#8211; complete with chai and samosas. Organized by <a href=\"https:\/\/asian.washington.edu\/people\/jameel-ahmad\">Jameel Ahmad<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/asian.washington.edu\/people\/jennifer-dubrow\">Jennifer Dubrow<\/a> (UW <a href=\"http:\/\/asian.washington.edu\/\">Department of Asian Language &amp; Literature<\/a>), the event brought together students of Urdu and Hindi from elementary to advanced levels of study, the local South Asian community, and fans of Urdu poetry. Undergraduate and graduate students prepared to read poems ranging from classical ghazals by Mirza Ghalib to well known modern poems by Faiz Ahmad Faiz. Though a number of students were nervous to read Urdu poetry in front of native speakers, everyone in attendance was incredibly supportive.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1319 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'>\n<dl class='gallery-item'>\n<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/img_4448\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/05\/IMG_4448-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Nick reading\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/05\/IMG_4448-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/05\/IMG_4448-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/05\/IMG_4448-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3466'>\n\t\t\t\tSecond year Urdu student Nick Gottschall reads a ghazal by Mirza Ghalib\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl class='gallery-item'>\n<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/img_4445\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/05\/IMG_4445-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Student reading\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/05\/IMG_4445-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/05\/IMG_4445-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/05\/IMG_4445-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3465'>\n\t\t\t\tFourth year Urdu students Natasha Humayun (reading) and Aliza Qaisar\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last\u00a0Saturday the South Asia Center was pleased to host &#8220;Adabi Nashist: An Urdu Literary Session. \u00a0&#8211; complete with chai and samosas. 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