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| Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1988 |
| Country of origin | Pakistan |
| Headquarters location | Islamabad |
| Distribution | Nationwide |
| Publication types | Urdu translated books |
| Nonfiction topics | Science Philosophy Culture Religion Politics Pakistan |
| Fiction genres | Fiction Non-fiction |
| Official website | mashalbooks |
Mashal Books (مشعل بکس) is a Pakistani non-profit publishing house, which was established in 1988 in Lahore. Its goal has since been translating fiction and non-fiction from literatures all over the world into Urdu, and has made name as one of most prolific publishers of Urdu-language translations in South Asia.[1][2][3] Mashal Books is a registered non-profit, it translates into Urdu writings with cultural significance from East Asia, Middle East and Africa.[1] The publisher also organises educational and cultural activities on science, art, human rights, education, environment, philosophy, and other contemporary issues.[4][1][5][6][7][8]
History
[edit]Founding: Mashal Books was established in 1988 as part of global iniative by the International Book Institute based in Philadelphia USA, which has established similar organisations in Indonesia, Morrocco, Thailand and Vietnam.[1][9]
Masood Ashar: Veteran Pakistani journalist, short story writer and translator Masood Ashar joined Mashal in 1992.[10][11] He has done the most significant of Mashal's translation during his tenure at Mashal till his death in 2021.[12] He translated dozens of books from various cultures and introduced them to audience in Urdu.
Publications
[edit]Some of the prominent translations and original books published by Mashal are:
- Bertrand Russell's Education and the Social Order as تعلیم اور سماج[13]
- Jean-Paul Sartre's famous work [[Existentialism Is a Humanism was translated by Qazi Javed for Mashal as وجودیت اور انسان دوستی[14]
- Nawal El Saadawi's God Dies by the Nile as آخری مرد کی موت and as باتیں ایک خاتون ڈاکٹر کی
- A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking as وقت کا سفر[15]
- Carl Sagan's famous lecture series turned into the Cosmos (Sagan book) has been translated into Urdu as کوسموس[16]
- The famous novels of Pramoedya Ananta Toer This Earth of Mankind and Child of All Nations have been translated as دھرتی کے دکھ and دکھ درد کے جزیرے.[17][18][19]
- A Road with No End, the Indonesian novel by Mochtar Lubis has been translated into Urdu by Mashal as بے منزل راستہ[20]
- Age of Anger (2017, book by Pankaj Mishra) as غصے کا عہد[21]
- 2024 Nobel Laureates Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson's Why Nations Fail as قومیں کیوں ناکام ہوتی ہیں[22]
- Freedom from Fear (Aung San Suu Kyi) as خوف سے رہائی[23]
- Kim Young-ha's novel I Have the Right to Destroy Myself translated by Masood Ashar as زندگی سے نجات[24]
- Urdu translation of Malala Yousafzai's I am Malala[25]
- Dr. Abdus Salam's lectures Unification of Fundamental Forces: The First of the 1988 Dirac Memorial Lectures as اساسی قوتوں کی یکجائی[26]
- Sigmund Freud's theory of psychoanalysis as فرائڈ : نظریۂ تحلیل نفسی[27]
- A to Z of Jehadi Organizations in Pakistan[28][29]
- Theoritical physicist Carlo Rovelli's popular science book Seven Brief Lessons on Physics was translated by Zahid Imroz and Qassi Malik as فزکس کے سات اسباق[30]
- جہاد كشمير و افغانستان: جہادى تنظيموں اور مزہبى جماعتوں كا ايک جائزه[31][32]
- جہاد اور جہادى: پاکستان اور کشمىر کے اہم جہادى رہنماؤں کا تعارف[33]
- Extensive list of Mashal Book publictions are listed in the Punjab government library catalogue.[34][35]
- Some publications of Mashal can be found at Allama Iqbal Open University Library in Islamabad which are listed here.[36]
- Some publications of Mashal are listed at kitabosunnat.com.[37]
See also
[edit]Masood Ashar
Abdul Hameed Nayyar
The Black Hole (community center)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Sanz Roig, Diana; Meylaerts, Reine (2018). "Mashal Books as Cultural Mediator: Translating East Asian, Middle Eastern, and African Literatures into Urdu in Lahore.". Literary Translation and Cultural Mediators in 'Peripheral' Cultures: Customs Officers or Smugglers?. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, imprint of Spinger Nature. pp. 157–182. ISBN 9783319781136. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Mashal". Alchetron.com. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Mashal Books". Openlibrary.org.
- ^ Ahmed, Shoaib (24 January 2016). "Culture Circle: Kathak performance fascinates audience". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ Ahmed, Shoaib (24 January 2016). "From US to Lahore: Kathak performance fascinates audience". Images. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "Science and Islam Panel - Science & Islam Video Portal". Science and Islam Video Portal. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Matthews, Jermey N. A. (11 February 2013). "Questions and answers with Pervez Hoodbhoy". Physics Today. doi:10.1063/PT.4.0009. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Hausman, Gary. "Research Guides: Pakistan Studies: Urdu (and related languages)". guides.library.columbia.edu. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "MASHAL Books". i-Care Foundation. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Veteran journalist Masood Ashar passes away". www.journalismpakistan.com. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ Thornber, Karen (15 March 2022). "Chapter 33: World Literature, Korean Literature, and the Medical and Health Humanities". The Routledge Companion to Korean Literature. New York London: Routledge. pp. 505–515. ISBN 978-1-000-53964-6.
- ^ Report, Dawn (6 July 2021). "Journalist, fiction writer Masood Ashar passes away in Lahore". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "تعلیم اور سماجی نظام | ریختہ". Rekhta (in Urdu). Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "وجودیت اور انسان دوستی | Wajodiyat Or Insan Dosti | Jea Paul Sartre". Tarikh Publications. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "وقت کا سفر". Dunya Ka ilm. 3 February 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Cosmos / کوسموس". Goodreads. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Iqbāl, Tanvīr (2000). "دھرتی کے دکھ (انڈنیشی ناول)" (in Japanese). مشعل. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "Dukh Dard Ke Jaziray / دکھ درد کے جزیرے". Goodreads. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "دکھ درد کے جزیرے". CiNii Books (in Japanese). 1999. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "بے منزل راستہ". قندیل - Qindeel (in Urdu). 28 January 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "غصے کا عہد - پنکج مشرا". AIOU Library. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "قومیں ناکام کیوں ہوتی ہیں \ اوگلو، دیرون اسیم". ecatalog.punjab.gov.pk. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "خوف سے رہائی". Rekhta (in Urdu). Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Zindagi Se Nijaat / زندگی سے نجات". Goodreads. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "I am Malala". langoon.com. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "اساسی قوتوں کی یکجائی". Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Aḥmad, Naʿīm (1994). "فرائڈ : نظریۂ تحلیل نفسی" (in Japanese). نگارشات : مشعل پاکستان. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "A to Z of jehadi organizations in Pakistan / by Muhammad Amir Rana ; translated by Saba Ansari". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "A to Z of Jehadi organizations in Pakistan". Stanford Libraries.
- ^ "New Publication: Zahid Hussain translates "Seven Brief Lessons on Physics" into Urdu - Centre for Metamaterial Research and Innovation (CMRI)". blogs.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ رانا, محمد عامر (2002). "جہاد كشمير و افغانستان: جہادى تنظيموں اور مزہبى جماعتوں كا ايک جائزه" (in Urdu). مشعل بكس،. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Rānā, Muḥammad ʻĀmir (2002). "Jihād-i Kashmīr va Afg̲h̲ānistān: jihādī tanẓīmon̲ aūr mazhabī jamāʻaton̲ kā ek jāʼizah". Google Books (in Urdu). Mashʻal Buks. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Rānā, Muḥammad ʻĀmir (2003). "جہاد اور جہادى: پاکستان اور کشمىر کے اہم جہادى رہنماؤں کا تعارف" (in Urdu). Mashʻal Buks. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "مشعل بکس لاہور". ecatalog.punjab.gov.pk. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "مشعل بکس". ecatalog.punjab.gov.pk. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "Mashal Books Publications". library.aiou.edu.pk.
- ^ "مشعل بکس، لاہور". kitabosunnat.com (in Urdu). Retrieved 25 November 2024.
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