Let’s dance in the Bazaar with our shackles on

I wrote this poem after reading Mosab Abu Toha’s poetry collection ‘Forest of Noise’ and reading one of Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s poems. It’s my small way of bringing attention to the genocide in Gaza.

inspired by ‘Aaj Bazaar Mein’ written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Music – ‘Aaj bazaar’ – performed by Qurat-ul-Ain Baloch

© A.R. Minhas 2025