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February 14, 2025February 14, 2025 thehighasia

KLF 2025: Where Soil, Stories, and Soul Converged

The 16th Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) concluded on Sunday, Feb 9, after three days of impassioned dialogue, cultural performances, and literary exploration. Themed “Narratives from the Soil,” the event brought together academics, writers, thinkers, artists, and policymakers from Pakistan and beyond, to explore stories rooted in local landscapes while addressing global challenges. Over 50 sessions, 30+ book launches, and vibrant youth engagement underscored literature’s power to bridge divides and amplify Pakistan’s cultural heritage.

July 13, 2023July 13, 2023 thehighasia

Textiles, carpets, & geometry of Central Asia

Carol Bier, a historian of Islamic art, discusses in an interview with Elvira Aidarkhanova for Voices on Central Asia the cultural aspects of geometry in Islamic art, and the beauty of its form, pattern, and structure

April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 thehighasia

‘Two Poets and a River’ – the story of love and loss

‘The Two Poets and a River’ is a film that tells the story of two Wakhi musicians, who share a language, faith, and family network but are separated by the Oxus River.

February 2, 2023May 18, 2023 thehighasia

Burushaski script accepted, primer launched

News Desk Islamabad: The script of Burushaski, one of the endangered languages of Gilgit-Baltistan, has gotten recognition and its own

July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 thehighasia

Race, culture, terrorism and ‘deep structures’

Akbar Ahmad and Noam Chomsky examine examine issues of race in America which engender different forms of violence and terrorism. While race is on the surface of society, understanding how it related to society’s deeper structures can help make sense of it. It is the failure to tackle race issues that is partly responsible for the turbulence in contemporary American society.

Tracking 3 decades of dramatic glacial lake growth

In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using a 30-year satellite data record have found that the volume of these lakes worldwide has increased by about 50% since 1990 as glaciers melt and retreat due to climate change. Courtest: NASA/National Geographic