Our Mission

Ghazal Manch Surrey is a non-profit organization based out of Surrey to serve the South Asian population of Surrey, the Lower Mainland, and the Fraser Valley. Our key objective is community engagement, our purpose is to provide the community with the highest level of Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu literature - the Art of Ghazal available outside of India and Pakistan.

Land Acknowledgement: We the Ghazal Manch team respectfully acknowledge that we live, work, operate and hold events in a region that overlaps with the unceded traditional and ancestral First Nations territories of the Musqueam, Katzie, Semiahmoo, Tsawwassen, Qayqayt, and Kwikwetlem, and with the lands of the Kwantlen First Nations.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion - EDI, Ghazal Manch Surrey prides itself on proactively practicing equity, diversity, inclusion, intercultural understanding, reconciliation including gender diversity. As such, Ghazal Manch team utilizes pronouns with their titles as EDI is a protected ground under the B.C. Human Rights Code. We are committed to create and sustain safe environments where we live, work, operate and perform.