About this minute
- Title
- Zahid Ne
- Creator
- Abida Parveen
- Location
- Pakistan
- Collections
- International Women's Day 2022 , South Asian Classical Collection
SAC #21
You just listened to a minute of a ghazal called ‘Zahid Ne’ by Abida Parveen. You will hopefully remember from earlier in this Minute of Listening collection that ghazal is a very old form of love poetry, said to have originated from 7th century Arabic poetry, which means this kind of poetry is more than a thousand years old! When you listened, did you notice that the piece sounded much more modern…