IN ARABIC, qaseeda means a panegyric ode and ‘burda’ means a shawl-like fabric worn over the shoulders, a mantle. Qaseeda ...

In a video clip circulating on social media, former One Direction member Zayn Malik playfully sang a short phrase in Urdu ...

URDU orthography, or the traditional spelling rules that govern the writing of Urdu language, has always been a bone of contention. It was Rasheed Hasan Khan (1925-2006 — his dates of birth and ...