Showing posts with label Fazeel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fazeel. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Poetry Reading and Songs: Fazeel Chauhan at the December 2017 show in Anaheim, California
Poetry Reading and Songs
Fazeel Chauhan Show
12-29-17
Fazeel Chauhan Art Exhibit: 2007 Xenophobia Leads to War
Fazeel Chauhan Art Exhibit: 2007
http://vizualeyezart.blogspot.com/2007/11/fazeel-chauhan-fazeel-chauhan-fazeel.html
1) Xenophobia Leads to War (Graphic Art / Found Art)
2) Profiles in Racism (Graphic Art)
3) Religious Epicenter (Mixed Media)
Naya Hukamnama: The New Ordinance: Javed Akhtar's Poem translated by Fazeel Chauhan
Javed Akhtar's Poem translated from Urdu to English
by Fazeel Chauhan
The New Ordinance, Naya Hukmnama, By Poet Javed Akhar, With Subtitles, Translation Fazeel Chauhan
the new ordinance, naya hukmnama, by poet javed akhar, with subtitles, translation fazeel chauhan. revolutionary. beautiful poetry by well known poet javaid akhtar naya hukm naama kisi ka hukm hai saari hawayein humesha chalne se pehle batayein ke unki simt nayahukmnama
someone has decreed that all the winds must first announce their direction before blowing—a poem by javed akhtar. poem: naya hukumnama written by: javed akhtar.
Interview for: Art ‘Portal’ Connects LA With Iraqi Refugees – in Real Time
Fazeel Chauhan interviewed for the article:
Art ‘Portal’ Connects LA With Iraqi Refugees – in Real Time
by Matt Reynolds
4-21-17
https://www.courthousenews.com/art-portal-connects-la-iraqi-refugees-real-time/
As news of the U.S. action filtered through, Fazeel Chauhan, 53, an analyst from Pomona, emerged from the darkness of the gold container into the mid-morning sun.
They had just been talking to three young men at the Harsham camp who were in a portal that had been converted from a disused pumping station. Some 1,500 Iraqi families who fled Mosul live at the camp.
Pakistani-born Chauhan gestured to two bulletin boards in the park where people had left post-it notes. One of them struck a chord. The writer noted that if people talked more often it could lead to world peace.
“I know with Trump it seems impossible because he just dropped the biggest bomb like it’s nothing,” Chauhan said. “If American people in general had more interactions with Muslim people or they knew about Islam, then they would not be easily manipulated by ideas like Muslims are trying to implement Sharia law or hate their women, or they’re violent, or they’re terrorists.”
At the ITA Luncheon
Fazeel Chauhan
At the ITA Luncheon
http://aliveemployeesclub.com/wp-content/uploads/ARCHIVE/2006/200603-Alive-airports-street-fair.pdf
Old Blogs of Fazeel Chauhan
Old Blogs of Fazeel Chauhan
1) Fazeel's writings
https://www.angelfire.com/poetry/sweets/
2) Fazeel's writings
https://www.angelfire.com/my/arms
3) Some links to Bulleh Shah, etc.
https://qawali.tripod.com/hybridaccents/id15.html
4) Men's groups and family of women:
https://www.angelfire.com/apes/sterling/
https://csulbsocialworkers.blogspot.com/
5) Wordpress site (under construction)
https://globalzebra.wordpress.com/tag/fazeel/
6) MySpace website, before there was Fakebook
https://myspace.com/qawali/photos
Reference to the 1996 articled: What Can I Do?
My article
"What Can I Do?"
Published in Pakistan Link. November 22. 1996. p. 5.
had this quote cited in the following research paper:
The trend toward medicine is so pronounced that an activist, who advises his fellow Muslims what they should do in America, tells them: "Teach the children to be leaders in government, media and community. Don't only become rich doctors."
refernce # 55
on page 13 of the following article:
Demographic Characteristics of the American Muslim Community
by Khalid Duran
https://archive.org/details/demographic-characteristics-of-the-american-muslim-community
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Writer's Bio - 1999
(39) Writer's Bio
8-16-99
Fazeel Azeez Chauhan of
Los Angeles was born in Pakistan. He lived there off and on for ten years. As a
teenager, he lived for five years in Saudi Arabia. He's been living in the U.S.
since 1980
He attended California
State University and has a bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems.
He also majored in Psychology in graduate school. At Los Angeles City College,
he completed a two year training program for Television Production. He also
studied Creative Writing. Since 1990, his articles on social issues are often
published in Pakistan-American weekly newspapers.
In 1991 he started
working for a large organization as a Computer Network Engineer. He continues
working in that profession full-time. His interests are hiking, traveling,
reading and writing poetry, music and community service
A collection of his poems will be published in the coming months.
Thank you joining me in reading.
Contact Information:
Art and Poetry page:
https://www.facebook.com/SubversiveVerse
Poetry and Essays:
https://globalzebra.blogspot.com/
Thank you South Asian Network
(34) Thank You SAN
12-19-96 by Fazeel Chauhan
To Mr. Hamid Khan, South
Asian Network
I would like to thank
you for all the help you've provided me through SAN over the past four years.
For me, South Asian Network has been a place where I can come to and get the
precious feeling of belongingness. There are many South Asian people, specially
the youth, who are in the same predicament as me. You have been educating and
teaching them about Career Development, English, Yoga, Laws, Health issues and
Immigration. The greatest benefit I personally gain is through the group
discussions on Immigration and Family issues.
South Asians are an
extremely new group of people to immigrate to America. Here, we lack the roots
or background of a historical presence. Since our numbers are very small and we
arrived here very recently, we don't have proper political representation.
There is also a lot of misinformation about our people in the media. Those of
us who are Muslims are falsely and frequently misrepresented as terrorists who
are violent and oppressive toward women. These major issues, combined with the
stress of adjusting to the new country and culture can really isolate a person.
The fast paced and unfriendly culture of Los Angeles also adds to the
difficulties that our people encounter. Often we feel misunderstood, isolated,
out of place and longing for a feeling of home.
Really, the only option
available to us when we want to be with our community is through religious
affiliation. I can go to the Mosque and pray with other Muslims. But there
aren't any social activities that take place there. For example, no classes
about American culture, English or Career Development are offered. There also
aren't any programs like mentoring, personal counseling or group discussions.
South Asian Network fills the void for these needs. Most people in our
community have not heard of the important services that SAN is providing. It is
a fairly new organization, but its vision is very critical for the progress of
our community. As more people find out about what SAN is offering, the available
funds will increase and so will the services to the community.
Many people like me also
lack a family because we immigrated here alone. The sincere people at SAN have
given me tremendous support. You have provided me with a lot of understanding
through personal attention because of which I don't feel so lost and alone
anymore. The volunteers at SAN, like you, give me the greatest respect as a
human being. And this makes me feel like I have some worth and that I have
something of value to give back to my community. In southern California, it is
nearly impossible to find people who genuinely care about other human beings.
Everyone is just too busy. But SAN has a different vision, and you embrace me
for who I am, rather than judging me. This makes me feel like I belong here.
Otherwise, I frequently feel like I am slipping through the cracks of society.
I commend you for having
the courage and for taking the time to help our community. I also thank you for
teaching me, for educating me and for genuinely caring about me. I am always
grateful to you. You can call me to help you with any volunteer work for SAN.
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As always, well written article about a very interesting being. Your article is thought provoking. It reminded me of poems by Allama Mohammed Iqbal, poet / philosopher from Pakistan / India. He is known as the reincarnation or continuation of Rumi. He frequently refers to “Shaheen” in his poetry. I believe it refers to Hawk, Eagle, Falcon, because to the layman like me, they seem to be all in the same family. Some of these are well known verses or couplets, some of which we were required to memorize, from our Urdu text books. I think he wrote more in Farsi than in Urdu. In Iran he is well known as Iqbal Lahori. As he resided in the historical city of Lahore, where is shrine is, right at the entrance of the Badshahi masjid.
Shaheen kabhi parwaz say thak kar naheen girta:
The eagle never falls down because of being tired.
Tu Shaheen hay, parwaz hay kaam tera:
You are a hawk, your work is to fly.
And this one, sung by Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan:
Naheen tera nashayman qasr-e-sultani kay gunbad par
Tu Shaheen hay basayra kar pahaRRon ki chatano’n par
You nest (home) is not on the domes of the palaces of kings
You are a falcon, hang out in the high cliffs of mountans
The first line also refers to the crowd, most people: pigeons hang out in warmth of the crowd, at domes where they are given food, where they don’t have to hunt, and can be in the comfort zone.
Whereas, an eagle is kind of solitary, flies much higher than a pigeon. Does it’s own hunting. Chooses the road less travelled.
Iqbal, as a philosopher repeats this idea, about the nature of human beings. That it’s our nature to choose that high road. The heat which will produce gold.
He was also using these ideas to inspire the Muslims of India, to kick the ass of the British, and to no longer live in slavery, which was called colonization.
Jhapat kar palatna, palat kar jhapatna:
Iqbal describes how an eagle hunts. It does not attack the prey from behind.
The eagle approaches the prey (bird) from the front, and at the first encounter, does a close call, a fly-by. A generous move, to allow the prey to get away, if it can.
Then the eagle turns, and returns to attack again.
Iqbal lived 500 years after Rumi, but often talked to him. Iqbal calls Rumi his spiritual master. In Rumi’s masnavi, there are many amazing stories, with multiple meanings. In his story about the Merchant and the Parrot. The parrot is in a cage. Some scholars see the metaphors as: The parrot is the ego. Or the human being locked in the cage of the body. The way to freedom, is to kill the ego. Like in Buddhism they say, ego is the I, me and mine, which desires so many things. In psychology and in common language, there are many definitions of ego. In sufism, they say annihilate the ego, to be on a spiritual path. Some teachers say the ego is necessary to survive in the world, as a tool. Though any tool can be used as a weapon. Ego defined in that way, is that thing which makes a man unique, it’s what pushes him to compete, to hunt, to win, it’s what drives him. But that ego needs to be reigned in. If a man does not control his ego, his ego will control him. And that ego kills relationship. Perhaps the ego is also what makes a person selfish, confined, limited, on the ground. While generosity makes a person fly like a hawk, like Shaheen