Sharjah: Pakistani cricket legend Shoaib Akhtar will be at the 41st Sharjah Worldwide Book Fair (SIBF) on Friday, November 13. Sharjah Book Authority’s SIBF, in relationship with Bazm-e-Urdu, a non-benefit association advancing the Urdu language, is bringing the world’s quickest bowler named the ‘Rawalpindi Express,’ for a meeting at 6.30 pm.
The previous Pakistan quick bowler and cricket reporter will discuss his life, his excursion from his introduction to the world in an exceptionally unobtrusive family in a town in Pakistan to turning into the quickest and most dreaded bowler on the planet.
Aside from cricket, the pro-ex-pacer will likewise talk about his affection for the composed word, the significance of books, verse, music, and other better parts of his character.
Controversially Yours
The writer of ‘Questionably Yours’, will likewise illuminate this hit written by him and what compelled him to concoct a book.
Bazm-e-Urdu part and a natural face in Urdu scholarly circles in the UAE, Tarannum Ahmed will be in discussion with Akhtar.
The entryway opens at 6 pm for the meeting at the Dance hall in Exhibition Place Sharjah.
Dastangoi session
This fragment will likewise contain a thirteenth-century Urdu oral narrating fine art ‘Dastangoi’ where famous dastan go (narrator) from India, Syed Sahil Agha, will introduce ‘Dastan-e-Shoaib Akhtar’ involving fascinating subtleties and tales from Shoaib’s life in the type of a story.
Bazm-e-Urdu’s Mehfil-e-Urdu will likewise have a book send-off service where ‘Saat Rang Saat Sur,’ an assortment of brief tales written by the late Mazhar Umeed, will be uncovered by the veteran Bollywood entertainer Raza Murad, who will likewise address the crowd in his most supreme style.
He played 46 Tests and 163 ODIs, getting 178 and 247 wickets separately, before his retirement in 2011.
One more feature of the night will be the meeting of Dastangoi – a thirteenth-century Urdu narrating fine art which will see Syed Sahil Agha recapping intriguing stories from the Akhtar’s life. Appropriately named ‘Dastan-e-Shoaib Akhtar’ (Story of Shoaib Akhtar), the show has been particularly delivered by Bazm-e Urdu.
It will be trailed by a book send-off service where ‘Saat Rang Saat Sur’ (Seven Varieties Seven Notes), – an assortment of brief tales by the Late Mazhar Umeed, will be revealed by veteran Bollywood entertainer Raza Murad.