It’s not an animal that resembles an elk and runs quickly. A ghazal is a type of poem. Two professors in the Creative Writing Program turned to the seventh-century style of verse during the pandemic ...

Shad Naved’s The Ghazal Eros: Lyric Queerness in History is a long-awaited study. This book has been anticipated not only as an important scholarly intervention but also as a distillation of Naved’s ...

In 2020, when theaters shuttered worldwide, Ghazal Azarbad, a seasoned theater actor, found herself at a crossroads. With her primary source of livelihood abruptly cut off, she went on a journey of ...

But respect for individuals must not be confused with blind endorsement of a party whose record in power has failed the very ...

The renowned singer talks about introducing the Spanish guitar and bass to ghazals; his wife, Mitali Singh, tells us more about their musical journey together. Bhupinder Singh and Mitali Singh are two ...

Ali Shir Navai (left) exposed Persian ghazals to the extinct Chagatai language and Mohammad Quli Qutub Shah (right) was an early practitioner of Urdu ghazals in India The trajectory of the ghazal is ...

Mastering the Urdu language, known for its intricate beauty and poetic depth, is a feat for any non-native speaker. For Malayali playback singer Gayatri Asokan, this tough journey went even further; ...

Moving closer to a balanced and whole state of mind is the main goal of talk therapy. In a trusting and collaborative environment, you are given the chance to remove obstacles on the way of reaching ...

When Ghazal Alagh first dream-tweaked a recipe for toxin-free baby lotion in her spare bedroom, even her paintbrushes (yes, she’s a trained artist) probably didn’t imagine they’d one day swap ...

Ruba Ghazal was elected without opposition as Québec Solidaire’s “female co-leader” at the party’s national convention last November. Alongside 2012 Quebec student strike leader Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, ...