Dr Zubair finds Urdu to be best medium of communication

DALLAS: The first ever Urdu poet of Arab dissent Dr. Zubair Farooq Al Arashi, who is also a musician and a writer, has said that he tried Arabic and English to be his medium of expression but since he was acquainted with Urdu he found Urdu to be the best medium of communication and that is why he use Urdu for poetry.

Talking to Geo and The News correspondent, Zubair Farooq who is from UAE and currently on his visit of Dallas, said that for the last 30 years he is saying poems in Urdu and now he is in love with this language.

He said “even in my dreams I express myself in Urdu.”

Dr. Zubair said that his fascination with Urdu poetry touches the level of madness. He said that he has written film scripts, composed musical production and recorded his own songs.

He said that he has written more than one thousand ghazals in last thirty years and thirteen volumes of his ghazals are published. He has also collected all thirteen volumes into one book which he has named "Sard Mausam ki Dhoop" (Sunlight in winter).

Responding to a question he said that he went to Dao Medical College from 1971 to 1978 for his medical school where he earned an MBBS degree. He learned Urdu there and adopted the language as his medium of expression.

Talking about his family background, he said his mother was from Arab but his father was from Yemen, though, Arabic was spoken language at his home. He said that he married five times in which four are still intact from which he has fifteen children. He said that one of his wives is from Lahore.

Dr. Zubair He said that he is linked with the profession of medicine. He said that he is still writing and a new collection of his work will be published soon.

Talking of his US tour he said that he felt glad to see that Urdu language is so loved in here, as whenever he visit US, he sees people who came from thousands of miles still love the language and traditions of their origin.