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Musharraf Ali Farooqi

Portrait of translator Musharraf Ali Farooqi

Contributor

Musharraf Ali Farooqi

Musharraf Ali Farooqi is an author, novelist and translator. His latest work of fiction is the qissa The Merman and the Book of Power. Farooqi is the founder and series editor of the Library of Urdu Classics.

Articles by Musharraf Ali Farooqi

Empty train tracks disappearing into the horizon in a dry landscape

Photo by Robert Linder on Unsplash

The Kettledrum

By Siddique Alam

In the forest, between the acacia, mulberry, and stinging nettle bushes, where snakes shed their skin, she searched for Mangru’s footprints.

Translated from Urdu by Musharraf Ali Farooqi

The Folktales of Sindh: An Introduction

By Musharraf Ali Farooqi

It is likely that in the folktales preserved in the Sindhi language, we can find the structures and traces of the earliest stories from the Indus Valley Civilization.

The Great Lord Pabori

“I am the Great Lord Pabori, who eats the roast of seven lions!”

Translated from Sindhi by Musharraf Ali Farooqi

The Stork and the She-Stork

“I was a fool. I will die and you will live. Return to our young now!”

Translated from Sindhi by Musharraf Ali Farooqi

The Two Sparrows

The cat said, “If I fetch him from down here, what will you give me?”

Translated from Sindhi by Musharraf Ali Farooqi

Tilism-e-Hoshruba

By Muhammad Husain Jah

These sciences were used in different combinations to create magic.

Translated from Urdu by Musharraf Ali Farooqi