Fartash Syed, a well-known Urdu poet in Doha, has been invited to participate in the 11th “Kavisammelan and Mushaira” (meeting of poets and poem recitation session) to be held in Dubai on  January 31 to celebrate the Indian Republic Day.
Renowned poets from the subcontinent and resident poets from the GCC states  have been  participating in this  poetry meeting in Dubai  for  years now.
Fartash hails from Pakistan and is a senior professor of Urdu at Pakistan Education Centre. He has been a very active member of the Management Committee of Majlis Frogh-e-Urdu Adab,  a world - renowned Urdu  literary forum based in Doha since 1997.