Poet directory
Poets of the Atlanta Mushaira
Explore the poets recorded in the AAAA Mushaira archive from 1985 to 2025. Search by name, alternate spelling, city or year.
Names are shown as recorded in the compiled archive. Common alternate spellings are searchable. Use the year filter to see who participated in a given year.
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A. Abdullah
14 yearsWashington, DC
1986–2024
A. M. Turaz
3 yearsIndia
2015–2023
Abbas Tabish
2 yearsPakistan
2017–2025
Abhishek Shukla
1 yearIndia
2021
Abid Jafri
2 yearsCanada
1985–2009
Abidullah Ghazi
2 yearsChicago
1996–2009
Ada Jafri
1 yearPakistan
2000
Ahmad Faraz
1 yearPakistan
1999
Ahmad Salman
2 yearsPakistan
2017–2024
Aijaz Hashmi
1 yearChicago
1988
Akbar Hyderabadi
1 yearEngland
1994
Akhtar Shumar
1 yearPakistan
2007
Aleena Itrat
1 yearIndia
2021
Ali Minai
1 yearUSA
2022
Ali Sardar Jafri
1 yearIndia
1994
Amjad Islam Amjad
1 yearPakistan
2020
Ammar Iqbal
1 yearPakistan
2021
Anjum Rehbar
1 yearIndia
1992
Anwaar Qadri
1 yearMaryland
2004
Anwar Masood
2 yearsPakistan
2010–2020
Anwar Shaoor
1 yearPakistan
2020
Ashufta Changezi
1 yearIndia
1991
Azeez Nabeel
1 yearIndia
2020
Azhar Inayati
4 yearsIndia
1997–2022
Azhar Iqbal
1 yearIndia
2021
Azra Sadiq
1 yearPakistan
2003
Badaruddin Daood
1 yearKansas
1985
Bano Arshad
1 yearEngland
2011
Basheer Badar
3 yearsIndia
1986–2002
Basir Kazmi
1 yearPakistan
2025
Farah Kamran
1 yearUSA
2022
Ghaffar Asar
1 yearIndia
1988
Girgit Ahmadabadi
1 yearIndia
2003
Gulzar Dehlvi
1 yearIndia
1996
Habib Hashmi
1 yearIndia
2005
Haider Jaleesi
1 yearPakistan
2016
Hanif Akhgar
1 yearUSA
2007
Hasan Kamal
1 yearIndia
2020
Himayat Ali Shair
7 yearsPakistan
1988–2008
Husain Imam
1 yearUSA
2005
Iftikhar Arif
2 yearsPakistan
2011–2020
Inam-ul-Haq Javed
1 yearPakistan
2011
Iqbal Ashhar
2 yearsIndia
2014–2016
Irfan Murtaza
1 yearCalifornia
2018
Irfan Siddiqui
1 yearIndia
1998
Ishrat Afreen
2 yearsHouston · USA
2005–2020
Jagan Nath Azad
1 yearIndia
1990
Jameeluddin Aali
1 yearPakistan
1990
Javed Akhtar
3 yearsIndia
1986–2024
Jazib Quraishi
1 yearPakistan
2006
Joan Ailia
1 yearPakistan
1990
Kaifi Azmi
1 yearIndia
1995
Kalim Aajiz
2 yearsIndia
1989–1999
Khalid Fareed
1 yearCanada
1986
Khalid Irfan
2 yearsNew York
2011–2012
Khamkhah Hyderabadi
4 yearsIndia
1991–2007
Khumar Barabankavi
1 yearIndia
1985
Khursheed Ahmad
1 yearHouston
1985
Khushbir Singh Shaad
2 yearsIndia
2006–2018
Kishan Bihari Noor
1 yearIndia
1992
Lata Haya
1 yearIndia
2015
Madan Mohan Danish
1 yearIndia
2025
Mairaj Faizabadi
2 yearsIndia
1995–2002
Malikzada Manzoor
1 yearIndia
1993
Mansoor Usmani
1 yearIndia
1998
Manzar Bhopali
5 yearsIndia
1991–2019
Manzoor Hashmi
1 yearIndia
1996
Maqsad Allahabadi
1 yearUSA
2015
Mashkoor Husain Yaad
1 yearPakistan
1993
Mehmood Alam Raaz
1 year1985
Mehshar Afridi
2 yearsIndia
2020–2025
Mirza Yousuf
3 yearsSt. Louis
1995–2009
Mohsin Bhopali
1 yearPakistan
1990
Mohsin Ehsan
2 yearsPakistan
1996–2005
Moj Rampuri
1 yearIndia
1995
Mona Shahab
1 yearPakistan
2020
Mumtaz Mirza
1 yearIndia
1988
Munibur Rahman
1 yearIndia
2020
Munnawar Rana
1 yearIndia
2020
Musheer Siddiqui
1 yearAtlanta
1989
Naina Aadil
1 yearPakistan
2025
Naiyer Jahan
2 yearsLos Angeles
2009–2022
Naseem Nikhat
2 yearsIndia
1995–2020
Naseer Turabi
2 yearsPakistan
2014–2016
Nawaz Devbandi
1 yearIndia
1998
Nazeer Baqri
1 yearIndia
2011
Nida Fazli
2 yearsIndia
2006–2012
Nikhat Iftikhar
2 yearsPakistan · United Kingdom
2013–2018
Nuasha Asrar
1 yearHouston
2020
Nusrat Mehdi
1 yearIndia
2024
Parvez Jafri
2 yearsHouston
2016–2020
Pirzada Qasim
7 yearsPakistan
1990–2020
Popular Meeruthi
5 yearsIndia
2000–2014
Qateel Shafai
2 yearsPakistan
1989–1995
Rafiuddin Raz
1 yearPakistan
2022
Raghib Muradabadi
1 yearPakistan
1992
Rahat Indorvi
1 yearIndia
1992
Rahi Masoom Raza
1 yearIndia
1986
Rahman Faris
2 yearsPakistan
2018–2022
Rais Warsi
1 yearNew York
2006
Rajesh Reddy
2 yearsIndia
2022–2023
Rashid Fazli
3 yearsSaudi Arabia
1985–1994
Rehana Roohi
1 yearPakistan
2006
S. K. Nizam
1 yearIndia
2004
Saba Ismail
1 yearTampa
1985
Sabiha Saba
6 yearsNew York · USA
2004–2021
Saghar Khayyami
4 yearsIndia
1993–2005
Sahar Ansari
1 yearPakistan
2021
Salahuddin Pervaiz
1 yearIndia
1999
Saleem Kausar
2 yearsPakistan
1991–2003
Salman Akhtar
2 yearsUSA
1986–2021
Salman Gilani
1 yearPakistan
2017
Sarfraz Nawaz
1 yearIndia
2021
Sarfraz Shahid
1 yearPakistan
2019
Sarmad Sehbai
1 yearPakistan
2000
Sarwar Alam Raaz
1 yearDallas
1993
Satya Pal Anand
1 yearWashington, DC
2009
Saud Usmani
1 yearPakistan
2018
Seema Ghazal
1 yearPakistan
2015
Sehba Akhtar
1 yearPakistan
1993
Shaharyar
3 yearsIndia
1985–2003
Shahnaz Noor
1 yearPakistan
2008
Shakeel Azmi
2 yearsIndia
2016–2024
Shamim Jaipuri
1 yearIndia
1997
Tahir Faraz
2 yearsIndia
2010–2017
Taqi Abedi
1 yearCanada
2002
Tariq Sabzwari
3 yearsPakistan
2002–2023
Tehzeeb Hafi
1 yearPakistan
2021
Umair Najmi
1 yearPakistan
2022
Walee Alam Shaheen
1 yearIndia
2020
Wali Aasi
1 yearIndia
1995
Waseem Barelvi
4 yearsIndia
1988–2013
Wasi Shah
2 yearsPakistan
2010–2012
Zahid Fakhri
1 yearPakistan
2013
Zaki Kakorvi
6 yearsAtlanta · USA
1996–2025
Zakia Ghazal
4 yearsPakistan · Toronto
2003–2010
Zehra Nigah
1 yearPakistan
2020
Zia Ismail
1 yearTampa
1985
Zohra Chishti
1 yearDallas
2009
Zubair Rizvi
1 yearIndia
2005
Source: AAAA Annual International Mushaira 1985–2026, compiled by Rasheed Ahmad and Syed Waseem. Names are recorded as documented from the compiled list. Corrections are welcome through the association.