Faiz's Style of writing:

His style, coming after Iqbal, was a new trend. It took Urdu poetry into an altogether new phase. Earlier, as you know, Urdu poetry was recited in a very affected style. It was full of romanticism. It talked of love, gardens, flowers et al. It is not that Faiz did not use these phrases or interpretations of life, it was just that his poetry had a revolutionary style.

If you see, he says:

“Gar aaj tujhse juda hain to kal baham hongey Yeh raat bhar ki judai to koi baat nahin”

It was not that he is not using the previous imageries; it is just that there is a solid infusion of new ideas, and more so in the way of presentation. In these lines, he has adopted the old, but also merged them with a new style.

Similarly his “Teri aawaaz ke saaye...Tere honthon ke seraab…Dasht-e-tanhaayi mein...Aye jaan-e-jahaan larzaan hai...” was revolutionary in style. It was an absolute new way of presenting poetry, even if it was romanticism.  

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What makes Faiz a Great Poet:

From the time that Urdu language began to flower, its poetry has had the intrinsic trait of reinventing itself. Urdu poetry can be compared to a flowing river that does not stop at any destination but continues to move from one bank to another. If anyone epitomised this quality in poetry, I would say it was Faiz.

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Dasht e Tanhai main (Poetry by Faiz Ahmed Faiz):

Mujh se pehli si muhabbat (poetry by Faiz Ahmed Faiz):

Faiz Ahmed Faiz (A man of peace):

The poet’s humanity transcends geographical, cultural and religious boundaries. He wrote about the plight of Palestine, students of Iran and the people of Africa. In the book Poetry East, Carlo Coppola calls him “a spokesperson for the world’s voiceless and suffering people.”
In an interview by I A Rehman in 1984, Faiz said he was a man of peace because in his childhood he was “surrounded by women, widows and orphans who had suffered terribly.”
Faiz will be remembered for all times to come as a poet, visionary, philosopher, teacher, mentor and a symbol of hope for all those who continue to strive for a society based on justice and equality. He shall always remain a beacon of hope. As Faiz himself put it “hum dekhain gain”.
(Published in The Express Tribune, November 21^st, 2010.)

Controveries In Faiz's life:

The poet was arrested in 1951 for the Rawalpindi conspiracy case and spent the next four years mostly in solitary confinement. After the sentence was announced, in a telegram to his wife Alys, Faiz said: “Now it’s over: we can start counting the days.” In solitude and exposed to harsh realities of life, Faiz wrote two of his greatest works Dast-e-Saba and Zindan-Nama.
A symbol of resistance, Faiz went into self- exile in Beirut when General Ziaul Haq came to power after a military coup. During this period, Faiz wandered from country to country and wrote a poem that highlights his pain away from home. In a poem called ‘Meray dil meray musafir, Faiz wrote “har ik ajabi se poochain, jo patta tha apnay ghar ka” (Asking every stranger where one’s home was)
(Published in The Express Tribune, November 21^st, 2010.)

Faiz Ahmed Faiz:(Worked to establish peace between INDIA AND PAK)

As secretary of the Pakistan Peace Committee formed after partition, he worked to establish peace between India and Pakistan. A UK-based newspaper called Faiz “a brave enough man to fly from Lahore to Delhi for Gandhi’s funeral at the height of Indo-Pakistan hatred,” as quoted in the ‘Requiem for an unsung messiah.”

Faiz had much respect and admiration for Mahatma Gandhi as was obvious in an editorial called “Long live Gandhiji!” that he wrote for the Pakistan Times in February 1948. “Though he is dead, he will live through ageless time,” Faiz wrote.
(Published in The Express Tribune, November 21^st, 2010.)

Faiz Ahmed Faiz:

At the time of  Second World War, Faiz Ahmed Faiz served in the British Indian army in Delhi. After independence in 1947, he resigned from the army, moved to Lahore and became the editor of the leftist-English language daily, Pakistan Times. He also served as managing editor of the Urdu daily Imroz.

Faiz Ahmed Faiz:

BOL by Faiz Ahmed Faiz: