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Jafa: When Your Beloved Becomes Your Oppressor
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Jafa: When Your Beloved Becomes Your Oppressor

Stay tuned as Fabeha shares poetry by Ahmad Faraz, among others.

In this episode of Urdunama, Fabeha Syed delves into the word 'jafa', which translates to 'oppression'. The term carries both socio-political and romantic connotations, often used to describe the cruelty inflicted by a beloved or an oppressive ruler.



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