Mashal Books
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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 |
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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 a name as one of the most prolific publishers of Urdu-language translations in South Asia.[1][2] Mashal Books is a registered non-profit; it translates into Urdu writings with cultural significance from East Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.[1] The publisher also organizes educational and cultural activities on science, art, human rights, education, environment, philosophy, and other contemporary issues.[3][1][4][5][6][7]
History
Founding: Mashal Books was established in 1988 as part of a global initiative by the International Book Institute based in Philadelphia, USA, which has established similar organizations in Indonesia, Morocco, Thailand, and Vietnam.[1][8]
Masood Ashar: Veteran Pakistani journalist, short story writer, and translator Masood Ashar joined Mashal in 1992.[9][10] He did the most significant of Mashal's translations during his tenure at Mashal until his death in 2021.[11] He translated dozens of books from various cultures and introduced them to audiences in Urdu.
Publications
Some of the prominent translations and original books published by Mashal are:
- Bertrand Russell's Education and the Social Order as تعلیم اور سماج[12]
- Jean-Paul Sartre's famous work Existentialism Is a Humanism was translated by Qazi Javed for Mashal as وجودیت اور انسان دوستی[13]
- 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[14]
- Carl Sagan's famous lecture series turned into the Cosmos (Sagan book) has been translated into Urdu as کوسموس[15]
- 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.[16][1][17][18]
- A Road with No End, the Indonesian novel by Mochtar Lubis has been translated into Urdu by Mashal as بے منزل راستہ[19]
- Age of Anger (2017, book by Pankaj Mishra) as غصے کا عہد[20]
- 2024 Nobel Laureates Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson's Why Nations Fail as قومیں کیوں ناکام ہوتی ہیں[21]
- Freedom from Fear (Aung San Suu Kyi) as خوف سے رہائی[22]
- Kim Young-ha's novel I Have the Right to Destroy Myself translated by Masood Ashar as زندگی سے نجات[23]
- Urdu translation of Malala Yousafzai's I am Malala[24]
- Dr. Abdus Salam's lectures Unification of Fundamental Forces: The First of the 1988 Dirac Memorial Lectures as اساسی قوتوں کی یکجائی[25]
- Sigmund Freud's theory of psychoanalysis as فرائڈ : نظریۂ تحلیل نفسی[26]
- A to Z of Jehadi Organizations in Pakistan[27][28]
- 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[29]
- جہاد كشمير و افغانستان: جہادى تنظيموں اور مزہبى جماعتوں كا ايک جائزه[30][31]
- جہاد اور جہادى: پاکستان اور کشمىر کے اہم جہادى رہنماؤں کا تعارف[32]
- Extensive list of Mashal Book publications are listed in the Punjab government library catalogue.[33][34]
- Some publications of Mashal can be found at Allama Iqbal Open University Library in Islamabad which are listed here.[35]
- Some publications of Mashal are listed at kitabosunnat.com.[36]
See also
Masood Ashar
Abdul Hameed Nayyar
The Black Hole (community center)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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 Springer Nature. pp. 157–182. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-78114-3_6. ISBN 9783319781136. Retrieved 25 November 2024. Search this book on
- ↑ "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 (2): 1191. Bibcode:2013PhT..2013b1191M. 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. Search this book on
- ↑ Report, Dawn (6 July 2021). "Journalist, fiction writer Masood Ashar passes away in Lahore". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ↑ "تعلیم اور سماج | ریختہ". Rekhta (in اردو). 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 日本語). 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 日本語). 1999. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ↑ "بے منزل راستہ". قندیل - Qindeel (in اردو). 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 اردو). 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 日本語). نگارشات : مشعل پاکستان. Retrieved 25 November 2024. Search this book on
- ↑ "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. 2004.
- ↑ "New Publication: Zahid Hussain translates "Seven Brief Lessons on Physics" into Urdu - Centre for Metamaterial Research and Innovation (CMRI)". blogs.exeter.ac.uk. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ↑ رانا, محمد عامر (2002). "جہاد كشمير و افغانستان: جہادى تنظيموں اور مزہبى جماعتوں كا ايک جائزه" (in اردو). 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 اردو). Mashʻal Buks. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ↑ Rānā, Muḥammad ʻĀmir (2003). "جہاد اور جہادى: پاکستان اور کشمىر کے اہم جہادى رہنماؤں کا تعارف" (in اردو). 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 اردو). Retrieved 25 November 2024.
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