Faraz Ali
Faraz is a writer, performer and interdisciplinary-creative. He has been studying Urdu literature as both a creative tradition and a sociocultural phenomenon. And to this end, he has engaged in both deep study and experimentation. He founded two projects: one is Zer Zabar Paesh, an ongoing digital platform where he curates a variety of artistic and literary subjects. The other project, presented in 2015 under the title Project Ādāb, is a collection of 15 masterpieces of Urdu poetry which have been experimentally rendered for a digital interface.
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Faraz Ali is an Experiential Designer in the Public, Digital, and Poetic realms. Over the past decade, Faraz has been studying Urdu literature as a creative tradition and a sociocultural phenomenon.
Faraz also runs a research and performance-based project titled Zer Zabar Paesh, an ongoing digital platform where he curates a variety of artistic and literary subjects.
In this episode we learn about Ghazal poetry and the hidden wonders of this art.