“A number of well-known poets such as Popular Meeruthi (India), Muzaffar Razmi Kairanvi (India), Majid Deobandi (India), Nayeem Hamid Ali (Madinah), Mohammed Khursheed Alam Alig (Bahrain) and Nausha Asrar (US) have been invited to regale Urdu lovers in the Eastern Province,” said Mushaira Chairman Meraj A. Ansari.

Indian politician and businessman Abu Asim Azmi will be the chief guest. Separate arrangements have been made for women. The event, at United Petrochemical Beach Camp, will begin at 7:30 p.m. It is open to all nationalities. For complimentary invitations, please call Organizing Secretary Wajahat Farooqui on 0504638132.  Dammam-based writer and critic Nayeem Javed will anchor the evening.