Shaan-e-Iftikhar Arif

beautiful poetic evening with Iftikhar Arif presented by Shaan Literary Organization in collaboration with T2F. A poetry discussion featuring the legendary poet Iftikhar Arif will be conducted by Neel Ahmed And Hidayat Sayer. About: Iftikhar Hussain Arif, commonly known as Iftikhar Arif, is an Urdu poet, scholar and littérateur from Pakistan. His style is romantic Urdu poetry. He has headed the Pakistan Academy of Letters and the National Language Authority. He has received the Hilal-e-Imtiaz, Sitara-e-Imtiaz and Presidential Pride of Performance awards, which are the highest literary awards given by the Government of Pakistan. Three collections of his poetry, ‘Mehr-i-Doneem’, ‘Harf-i-Baryaband’ and ‘Jahan-e-Maloom’ have been published. Oxford University Press has published an anthology of Arif’s translated poetry under the title, ‘Written in the Season of Fear’.