The writer is a librarian and lecturer in San Francisco. His most recent work is Cafe Le Whore and Other Stories. He blogs at moazzamsheikh.blogspot.com
Ahmad’s powerful narration brings to life the Lahore of the bygone era, all over again
Thematic similarities among three novels written by three different South Asian- American women writers
Rescinding of the Nelly Sachs Prize awarded to Kamila Shamsie has only drawn more attention to the BDS movement
After a thirty-year hiatus, Dr Nasir Baloch has published a collection of short stories that take up themes of socioeconomic injustice and...
A powerful reflection on our limits and the many ways humans fall in and out of love
Who are we if we don’t know our own history? Mudassir Bashir asks in his new novel
A Punjabi novel portraying the multi-layered history of Lahore and the development projects that continue to wreak havoc with its heritage
With its humour, intimate language and complex characters, Syed Kashif Raza’s debut novel could be a turning point in Urdu fiction
A satire depicting war and its accompanying perils through the biting humour and gripping language of Mohammed Hanif
Reading two old novels to conclude that change only takes place when politics is intertwined with literary education
1977’s iconic Pakistani film Aina exposes the hypocrisy of both forms of patriarchies, new and old
Chaon’s murder mystery may well be read as a plea to face difficult questions and trace the roots of injustice and violence, especially in the...
Being the leading translator of Urdu into English, Muhammad Umar Memon was an indefatigable promoter of the language
Maqsood Saqib returns to fiction through stories that offer powerful insight into a world which may have been lost forever
Mudassir Bashir’s stories, concerned with human conscience and folly, are recommended for readers of Punjabi fiction
Muhammad Umar Memon translates two French chick-lit novels into Urdu, allowing readers a peek into a different time, an awkward place, a strange...
A debut novel that asks whether a journey of healing can begin without forgiving your perceived enemy
From reading Naiyer Masud to translating one of his best stories to finally meeting him
An American novel that brings in South Asian characters but in a way that is still intriguing and problematic
A complex portrait of a society that needs to engage itself in a serious conversation about issues of sexual politics and economic independence
