Book review: For aid effectiveness, better spending, localizing global SDGs needed
A new book highlights gaps between aid agencies and communities, the efficacy of aid in poverty reduction and human development
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Literature
10 inspiring Iranian poets and their verses
For centuries, Iran has been producing some of the world’s most influential and inspiring poets, whose works revolutionized the literature of
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Books: translating Central Asian literature
HAH Report Shelley Fairweather-Vega, a Seattle-based writer and translator. She translates literature from Russian and Uzbek languages into English.
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Jalib’s poetry continues to touch hearts
Laal Hartal pays tribute to the revolutionary poet at ILF-2019 Farman Ali The discourse generated by a rhythmic circle titled
Read MoreBook review: ‘In Evil Hour’ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
by Ali Azam Khan Concealment is not the same as deception. It is also not a euphemism for deception because
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Tombs of the past
Raza Naeem on the enduring appeal of Sibte Hasan’s ‘Mazi Ke Mazar’, 50 years after it was written by Raza
Read MoreLiterature: Beneath a Pile of Rubble
Algerian poet Djamal Amrani was born in 1935 in Sour El Gozlane. Central to his life and work were his
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Khalida Hussain (1937-2019): banishment-loving woman
In this article, Raza Naeem remembers Khalida Hussain, an esteemed Urdu short story writer who passed away on January 11,
Read MoreLiterary journal Adbiyat published
Islamabad: New edition of Adbiyat, the quarterly literary publication of Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) has been published. The literary
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Book Review: The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
by Ali Azam It is very rare to randomly pick a title and enjoy it all the way through without
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Renowned Urdu poet, Himayat Ali Shair passes away in Canada
Renowned Pakistani poet, Himayat Ali Shair passed away in Toronto, Canada on Tuesday. He was 93. According to reports, the
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LINGUA OBSCURA: How language and climate connect
While we’re losing biological diversity, we’re also losing linguistic and cultural diversity at the same time. This is no coincidence.
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When a language dies
Language emerges as a powerful manifestation of a culture that acts as an identity-marker at the individual and societal levels,
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Farewell to Enver Sajjad – I
Raza Naeem offers a translation in which the late Enver Sajjad (1935 – 2019) writes about himself and his art
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Socialism’s stormy petrel
Raza Naeem on the politics and worldview contained in the work of Kaifi Azmi (1919–2002) by Raza Naeem “Stone Kaifi to
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