Literature: 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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Literature
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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The Context of the Enlightenment–I
Aziz Ali Dad thinks about the flux and fixity of ideas over the past two millennia by Aziz Ali Dad When
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‘No Fortunes to Tell’: an elegy of broken world
Harris Khalique’s new English poetry collection documents people’s suffering Farman Ali Noted poet Harris Khalique’s new collection of poetry in
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Manto and the Raj–I
by Raza Naeem “I am the trader of sighs To versify blood is my mission Remaining winds of the garden! Gather
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The Kargil Story
Najam Sethi reviews Nasim Zehra’s book From Kargil to the Coup: Events that shook Pakistan The Kargil story or “misadventure”
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I have always quarreled with this word ‘activist’, says Arundhati Roy
Writing is the most appropriate way of expressing trauma and complications, and I will be the last one to make
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An eco-feminist revolution is underway in Hunza
In Gilgit-Baltistan, exists a remarkable oasis with high literacy rates and gender equality. By Sam Dalrymple In the disputed Karakoram
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