Year: 2020

Sultan Sakoon has a great name among those who had been working on folk genres of literature for a long time. This book is a collection of “Hindko Maahiya” a type of Hindko poetry. These Maahiyas are such a treat to read. Hundreds of Maahiya are brought together in this collection having 138 pages, by Sir. Sultan Sakoon. This book was published for the first time in 2002 and now Mr. Muhammad Zia ud Din made it possible to republish this book once again in 2020.

Dau Iqbal (دو اقبال) is a wonderful and stunning work of research and actualization by Dr. Zahoor Ahmad Awan. In this book he attempted to project the difference between what really Iqal was and what he’s being presented by the establishment to straighten their their own ways. Dr. Zahoor Ahmad Awan also discussed Ali Shareati; great philosopher from Iran and described him as his teacher. There are 185 pages in the book. The book got published in 1993 for the first time and now Gandhara Hindko Academy has published it again in 2020.

Nitriaan Gallan is one of the best books ever produced. It is Hindko Poetic translation of sayings of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be upon Him). This extra ordinary work of poetic translation is carried out by Abdul Ghafoor Malik. The book is a blessed gift for those who are devoted to religious literature. This 64 pages long book contains 42 Ahaades-e-Mubaarika. It was initially published in 1998 and now Gandhara Hindko Academy has published it again in 2020.

Faaris is the ancient name of Iran and the language of the land Faaris is called Faarsi i.e. Persian while Gandhara is a symbolic term used to describe the region where Hindko is the main language. Khawaja Yaqoob Akhtar a well-known Hindko and Urdu poet and author of several other books had beautifully translated the classic Persian poetry into Hindko. This wonderful poetic work was first published by Gandhara Hindko Board, Peshawar and now Gandhara Hindko Academy has reruplished it again in 2020. The book contains 83 pages.

Aurush is a collection of Hindko short stories of Syed Majid Shah. The attractiveness of these short stories is the thematic diversity and issues of modern life. There are around 26 short stories and each of these is a treat to read. This literary work of fiction in Hindko was initially published in 2017 and now Mr. Muhammad Zia-Ud-Din at Gandhara Hindko Academy made it possible to be republish it for the 2nd time in 2020. There are 122 pages in the book.