IN ARABIC, qaseeda means a panegyric ode and ‘burda’ means a shawl-like fabric worn over the shoulders, a mantle. Qaseeda Burda , or Qaseedatul Burda, is a famous poem in Arabic that offers heartfelt ...

Akbarabadi's influence, through Altaf Husain Hali and Muhammad Husain Azad in the 19th century, has continued in Urdu poetry to this day ... or Muhammad, the prophet of Islam and the perfect exemplar ...

And a boxer can certainly sting. No one would ever mistake Muhammad Ali for a butterfly or a honeybee. And yet poetry uses ...