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It has been 20 years since Eqbal Ahmad bid farewell to this world.
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In 2011, in an article of his, the late Christopher Hitchens termed Pakistan “a land virtually barren of achievements.” I read it and I, a 16 year old, was outraged, seething with rage. It was then that I decided to write a blog to show that the Pakistani nation had produced its fair share of achievements, pride and glory in every field. And so I began to do a little research of my own.
It was during the course of that research that I came across the name Eqbal Ahmad, “a distinguished intellectual, prolific writer and journalist, widely consulted by revolutionaries, journalists, activist leaders and policymakers around the world.”
I was fascinated. And even more so to read that the great Edward Said had penned a moving obituary for him in 1999. He wrote, and I quote,
“Eqbal Ahmad brought wisdom and integrity to the cause of oppressed peoples.”
Who was this man that the likes of Edward Said and Noam Chomsky praised lavishly? Why was it that I knew of Edward Said and not Eqbal Ahmad, despite him being one of our own? I began to read him and so began the chapter of my utmost admiration for him.
Eqbal, for me, was and is an ideal.
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Born in Bihar in either 1932 or 1933, Eqb
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Eqbal Ahmad
Pakistani political scientist (1933–1999)
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Ahmad photographed by David L. Marton. Photo courtesy of Julie Diamond and the South Asian Digital Archive (SAADA). | |
| Born | Eqbal Ahmad (1933-01-01)January 1, 1933 Gaya, Bihar, British India |
| Died | May 11, 1999(1999-05-11) (aged 66) Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan |
| Spouse | Julie Diamond |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Forman Christian College Occidental College Princeton University |
| Influences | Karl Marx, Allama Iqbal, Jinnah, and Edward Said |
| Discipline | Middle Eastern studies Eastern Philosophy |
| Sub-discipline | Postcolonialism postmodernism |
| Institutions | Cornell University University of Chicago Hampshire College |
| Notable works | Political Science Anti-war movement |
| Influenced | Edward Said, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, Richard Falk, Pervez Hoodbhoy, Alexander Cockburn, and Arundhati Roy |
| Allegiance | Pakistan |
| Service / branch | Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | First Kashmir War |
| Rank | Second Lieutenant |
Eqbal Ahmad (1933 – 11 May 1999) was a Pakistani political scientist, writer and academic known for his anti-war activism, his support for resistance movements globally and academic contributions to