San Diego, CA: SADEQUAIN Foundation USA launched its latest book on SADEQUAIN on his 94th birth anniversary.   Reflections by SADEQUAIN On June 30, 2024, Sadequain would have been 94. SADEQUAIN Foundation USA gift wrapped its latest book titled ‘Reflections by Sadequain’ on this special day. The 430-page book provides a rare insight into Sadequain’s life and work. It provides a glimpse of his views about himself and his work in his own words. In Pakistan, Sadequain is the most talked-about and most written-about artist. But most of the written material or spoken words about him are mundane and are lacking in scholastic depth. Reflections by Sadequain documents Sadequain’s writings from his teenage years before 1950 and his writings from 1970s into the 1980s. The majority of chapters in this book contain his writings in the form of prose, and one chapter consists of his rubaiyat (quatrains). It was his rubaiyyat (quatrains) published in four volumes namely, Bayaz-e-Sadequaini, Rubaiyyat-e-Sadequain Naqqash, Rubaiyyat-e-Sadequain Khattat, and Juz-way-Bosida, which comprehensively elaborated on his life and philosophy. The book also includes 200 rare photographs of Sadequain with family, fans, heads of State, and many known and unknown people.

Established in 2007, SADEQUAIN Foundation is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to discovering, preserving, and promoting Sadequain’s art globally. To that end, the Foundation has published 25 books on Sadequain’s life and work, and curated more than 100 seminars and exhibitions around the globe resulting in the resurrection of Sadequain from obscurity.

Dr Salman Ahmad founded the SADEQUAIN Foundation in June 2007 to catalog Sadequain’s work and introduce it to the world. He is an electrical engineer by profession and spent more than thirty years working on nuclear missile technology in senior executive positions in the United States. He has authored 25 books on Sadequain. There are many more in the pipeline.