Iqbal’s Shaheen

By Musfirah Minhaj Shaheen…Does that word ever ring a bell? For the past few years, since I started reading, learning and understanding Iqbal’s poetry, there was a question that started roaming in my mind. Why did Allama Iqbal choose the Shaheen (the eagle) and not any other bird to mention and address the young generation?...

Light of Dawn

This piece of poetry was written on the theme of SIST '14: Revive the light within; let the change begin I gaze at the moonless sky, covered with black clouds The darkness piercing my eyes, I close them with a frown I hear the cry of jackals, oh what an eerie sound! Rest is as...