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Monologue about the speaker's native village

This is a monologue (personal narrative) by Muhammad Awaiz about his village.
Date: February 3, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monologue about the speaker's native village

This is a monologue (personal narrative) by Muhammad Awaiz about his village.
Date: February 3, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monologue on hardships of ancestors and the ease of current life

Recording of a monologue about the hardship of a woman's ancestors before they had electricity and other advanced facilities. She notes that her people are lazy and lack unity now that they have commodities, but her ancestors were strong. The speaker is Nargis Bibi (a 40-year old housewife).
Date: February 8, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monologue on hardships of ancestors and the ease of current life

Recording of a monologue about the hardship of a woman's ancestors before they had electricity and other advanced facilities. She notes that her people are lazy and lack unity now that they have commodities, but her ancestors were strong. The speaker is Nargis Bibi (a 40-year old housewife).
Date: February 8, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a poem about a happy life

This is a poem by Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old male). In this poem he says that the whole world is like our home, we should live a happy life by co-operating with each other.
Date: March 10, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a poem about a happy life

This is a poem by Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old male). In this poem he says that the whole world is like our home, we should live a happy life by co-operating with each other.
Date: March 10, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a poem about reaping what you sow

This is a short poem by Muhammad Aslam (a 37-year old male teacher).
Date: February 9, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a poem about reaping what you sow

This is a short poem by Muhammad Aslam (a 37-year old male teacher).
Date: February 9, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a prayer to god

This poem is a prayer to god by Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old male).
Date: March 12, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a prayer to god

This poem is a prayer to god by Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old male).
Date: March 12, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of poems about FLI and an itinerant merchant

These are two small poems by Muhammad Aslam (a 37-year old male). The first one is about FLI (Forum for Language Initiatives); the second one is about a traditional man who brings some stuff to sell.
Date: February 9, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of poems about FLI and an itinerant merchant

These are two small poems by Muhammad Aslam (a 37-year old male). The first one is about FLI (Forum for Language Initiatives); the second one is about a traditional man who brings some stuff to sell.
Date: February 9, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative of Khurshaid Bibi

This is a monologue by Khurshaid Bibi (a 50-year old female) about her life, how she got married, subsequent problems and her final coping with them.
Date: February 8, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative of Muhammad Awaiz

Recording of a personal narrative by Muhammad Awaiz (a 31-year old male) in which the speaker talks about the economic hardships he endured as a student up until high school. He then moved to a far off big city in search of a job. There, he acquired a government job which helped him improve his financial situation. In this light, he reiterates his resolve to provide his children better education and better opportunities.
Date: March 10, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative of Muhammad Awaiz

Recording of a personal narrative by Muhammad Awaiz (a 31-year old male) in which the speaker talks about the economic hardships he endured as a student up until high school. He then moved to a far off big city in search of a job. There, he acquired a government job which helped him improve his financial situation. In this light, he reiterates his resolve to provide his children better education and better opportunities.
Date: March 10, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the story about sleep and air

Recording of a traditional short story in which there was a competition between sleep and air. Eventually, sleep proved more powerful than air. The contributor, Muhammad Suleman. is a 36-year old male teacher from Danna.
Date: February 8, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the story about two brothers

Recording of a story about two brothers in which the elder brother used to oppress the younger brother. The younger brother, by chance, found a magical handmill which made him rich by producing everything that he would demand. The elder brother tried to steal this magical handmill and by his own stupidity and greed he killed himself and also drowned the mill in the river. The contributor Nargis Bibi is a 38-year old housewife.
Date: February 8, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the story about two brothers

Recording of a story about two brothers in which the elder brother used to oppress the younger brother. The younger brother, by chance, found a magical handmill which made him rich by producing everything that he would demand. The elder brother tried to steal this magical handmill and by his own stupidity and greed he killed himself and also drowned the mill in the river. The contributor Nargis Bibi is a 38-year old housewife.
Date: February 8, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the story of a witty man

This is a traditional story which involves a descriptive riddle about a witty man who needs to take a lion, a goat and a load of leaves across a river. The caveat is that the man cannot take all three in one go. (Note: the narrator inadvertently refers to the goat as a jackal in the beginning). In this recording, the speaker Naik Muhammad (a 42-year old male speaker who works as a driver) is addressing Muhammad Awaiz (a 31-year old male government servant).
Date: January 20, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the story of a witty man

This is a traditional story which involves a descriptive riddle about a witty man who needs to take a lion, a goat and a load of leaves across a river. The caveat is that the man cannot take all three in one go. (Note: the narrator inadvertently refers to the goat as a jackal in the beginning). In this recording, the speaker Naik Muhammad (a 42-year old male speaker who works as a driver) is addressing Muhammad Awaiz (a 31-year old male government servant).
Date: January 20, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the story of a woman's wisdom, 2

This is a traditional story about a savage prince who used to marry women and kill them afterwards without any apparent reason. Eventually, he got married to a wise woman who gave him a lesson and turned him into a gentleman. Nargis Bibi is a housewife who is 38 years old at the time of recording.
Date: February 8, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the story of a woman's wisdom, 2

This is a traditional story about a savage prince who used to marry women and kill them afterwards without any apparent reason. Eventually, he got married to a wise woman who gave him a lesson and turned him into a gentleman. Nargis Bibi is a housewife who is 38 years old at the time of recording.
Date: February 8, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the story of greed is curse

This is a retelling of the story of three friends by Naik Muhammad (a 42-year old male) with Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old male) as the listener. In this story, the three friends once found some money and decided to divide it among themselves. However, each one of them was trying to cheat the others. Finally, no one gets the money and all three end up dead.
Date: January 20, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the story of greed is curse

This is a retelling of the story of three friends by Naik Muhammad (a 42-year old male) with Muhammad Awaiz (a 32-year old male) as the listener. In this story, the three friends once found some money and decided to divide it among themselves. However, each one of them was trying to cheat the others. Finally, no one gets the money and all three end up dead.
Date: January 20, 2019
Creator: Anjum, Uzma
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library