Jennifer Dubrow examines the role of Urdu poetry in the current protests against India's Citizenship Amendment Act. Pakistani Marxist poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz and his poem "Hum Dekhenge" have served as a rallying cry in protests in India and abroad against the Citizen Amendment Act which seeks to propose a religious basis for citizenship for refugees entering India from neighboring countries.
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2020
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Positions: Asia Critique
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