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[2 Feb 2012 | One Comment | Amna R. Ali]
Ameena Saiyid Talks about the 2012 Karachi Literature Festival

With 146 scheduled participants, including novelists, journalists, economists, educationalists, political analysts, artists and architects, it is clear that this year’s edition of the literary fest will be bigger than ever.

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[1 Jan 2012 | Comments Off | Nudrat Kamal]
Book Review: Ode to the Theatrewallis

Fouzia Saeed explores the world of Pakistani folk theatre through the eyes of extraordinary women who devoted their lives to this indigenous art form.

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[14 Dec 2011 | One Comment | Ismail Khan]
Book Review: How Pakistan Negotiates With the United States

Who are the major players in Pakistan’s negotiations with the US – and how do they operate? The Schaffers reveal all the players and mechanisms in place.

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[12 Dec 2011 | Comments Off | Maheen Irfan Ghani]
Launch of Urdu Translation of Arundhati Roy’s Essays

Silent Reed hosted the launch of Asif Farrukhi’s translation of Arundhati Roy’s Broken Republic.

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[9 Dec 2011 | One Comment | Amir Zia]
Book Review: Pakistan – A Personal History

Imran Khan’s book will please the right-wingers, but his orthodox views will disappoint most progressive Pakistanis.

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[21 Nov 2011 | Comments Off | Rafea Anis]
Book Review: And Who Will Make the Chapatis?

This book from India is relevant to contemporary Pakistan because it documents the experiences of rural women who entered politics to solve their issues.

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[12 Nov 2011 | One Comment | Tariq Rahman]
Book Review: Dead Reckoning, Memories of the 1971 Bangladesh War

Sarmila Bose’s research dispels myths and counters exaggerations about the 1971 East Pakistan separation. It taps into a compendium of reliable sources and provides new facts and figures of that fateful year in history.

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[7 Nov 2011 | One Comment | Niilofur Farrukh]
Book Review: Painting The Persian Book of Kings Today

The University of Cambridge’s ‘Shahnama Project,’ celebrating the epic poem’s millennium in 2010, chronicles the countless illustrations of Shahnameh Ferdowsi in a stunning new exhibition catalogue, augmented with four erudite research essays by acclaimed art scholars.

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[29 Oct 2011 | Comments Off | Zohra Yusuf]
Book Review: The Intolerant Indian

The Intolerant Indian is a critique of Indian secularism — a concept and system that the majority of Indians rightly take pride in, if not fully adhere to.

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[24 Oct 2011 | Comments Off | Tehmina Ahmed]
Book Review: Two Loves — Faiz’s Letters from Jail

Faiz’s warm and caring spirit, as well as his undaunted courage, are reflected in the letters he wrote to wife Alys from prison.