Ahmed Faraz, who has been compared with Faiz Ahmed Faiz, holds an exceptional position as one of the most excellent poets of present times, with a very well but easy style of writing. Yet ordinary people can easily understand. Ethnically a Hindkowan, Ahmed Faraz studied Persian and Urdu at the Peshawar University. He afterward became professor at the Peshawar University.
Early life
Ahmad Faraz was born in Kohat, Pakistan to Syed Muhammad Shah Barq. His brother is Syed Masood Kausar. In an interview with Rediff he recalls how his father, once bought clothes for him on Eid. He didn't like the clothes intended for him, but favored the ones meant for his elder brother. This led him to write his first couplet:
Layen hain sab ke liye kapre sale se (He brought clothes for everybody from the sale)
Layen hain hamare liye kambal jail se (For me he brought a blanket from jail)
He was told by his parents one time to learn mathematics from a class fellow during the summer vacation. "I was weak in mathematics and geography. I still don't remember maps and roads".
Coming from a respectable family of Syeds, descendents of ''Haji Bahadar" a well-known saint of Kohat, he moved to Peshawar with entire family. Studied in prominent Edwards College, Peshawar and then did his Masters in Urdu and Persian from Peshawar University.
for the period of his time in college, Faiz Ahmed Faiz and Ali Sardar Jafri were the best progressive poets, who impressed him and became his role models.
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