Comparative study on Ghani khan by sister Safoora Arbab

 Comparative study on Ghani khan by sister Safoora Arbab  : 

She earned her Bachelor’s degree from Columbia University in New York City, USA with her major in philosophy. She did her PhD  in the department of comparative literature, at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Her study focuses on the Pashtun legend Ghani khan. And Non violence movement of Bacha khan .

Ms Arbab pointed out that she was quite surprised that Ghani Khan had not yet been explored by the vast majority. “What was really difficult to translate, however, was the complexity of meaning, the nuances, and history of the metaphorical allusions that he refers to in very simple language. She said the language, so deceptively simple, could seem flat and even silly in English without that background reference that was available in Pashto or even the Western philosophical thinking, which always seeped through his poetry.

Ghani Khan’s unique way of expression, his poetry was so unconventional not just in its breadth and expansiveness — even when he was being ironic in depicting all kinds of human follies and fanaticisms he did it so humorously — that it was hard to translate this style. She said she thought we needed to embrace his spirit of humanism and allow his poems to speak freely for themselves rather than try to shape them or try to structure them within any ideological or poetic category. Mr Khan had blended actually the feel and thought of Western and Eastern hues both into Pashto. When asked how hard it was to put into rendition, she answered that Ghani Khan had captured the thinking of both West and East and blended them into a new whole so that there are no clearly drawn boundaries between them that one could point to. There is resistance in this kind of transcendence of both tradition and political context as well because it defies and expands both: he revolutionizes Pakhtun thinking but he also refuses to acknowledge colonial and Western boundaries of thought and representation. 

Thank you sister safoora Arab we need more People like her to explore Ghani khan and spread his philosophy ,our land is fertile i am positive in coming future there will be more studies on Ghani khan and their will be political party based on his ideology progressive enlightenment puskhtoons inshallah. May Allah guide our steps and give us courage to spread Ghani khan message around the globe.