Famous Muslim Writers of the Past

Sun, 31 Jan 2021, 1 to 2:30 pm Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±0)

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Let us take you on a literary journey around the world through the centuries.

Join us again for our popular literary event, as we celebrate the works of famous Muslim poets and writers including; Averroes, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Gai Eaton, and Yunus Emre.

Read by Munira Alsusa, Myriam Francois, Gulcin Ulas Bulut. Also, Moneeza Hashmi will join us from Lahore in Pakistan. She will talk about and read her father, Faiz Ahmad Faiz’s poetry.

Hosted by Asad Zaman, principal of a private college, imam, commentator on Islamic Issues for the BBC.

Introduced by Dr Jess Edwards, head of the Department of English, Manchester Metropolitan University.