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050			_aDS384.D57 2014
082			_a954.9105'3-- _bdc23
245		0	_aDispatches from Pakistan _c/ Editors: Madiha R. Tahir; Qalandar Bux Memon; Vijay Prashad
260			_bUniversity of Minnesota Press; _c2014
300			_a320p; _c22x14cm
520			_aDispatches from Pakistan, in contrast, reveals the complexities, the challenges, and the joys of daily life in the country, from the poetry of Gilgit to the graffiti of Gwadar, from an army barrack in Punjab to the urban politics of Karachi. Contributors: Habib Jalib; Madiha R. Tahir; Zahra Malkani; Aasim Sajjad Akhtar; Saadia Toor; Maliha Safri; Ayesha Siddiqa; Junaid Rana; Amina Jamal; Humeira Iqtidar; Qalandar Bux Memon; Mahvish Ahmad; Hafeez Jamali; Sultan-i-Rome; Iqbal Khattak; Nosheen Ali; Shafqat Hussain; Hammad Nasar; Fehmida Riyaz. This timely book brings together journalists, activists, academics, and artists to provide a rich, in-depth, and intriguing portrait of contemporary Pakistani society. Straddling a variety of boundaries—geographic, linguistic, and narrative—Dispatches from Pakistan is a vital attempt to speak for the multitude of Pakistanis who, in the face of seemingly unimaginable hardships, from drone strikes to crushing poverty, remain defiantly optimistic about their future. While engaging in conversations on issues that make the headlines in the West, the contributors also introduce less familiar dimensions of Pakistani life, highlighting the voices of urban poets, rural laborers, industrial workers, and religious-feminist activists—and recovering Pakistani society’s inquilabi (revolutionary) undercurrents and its hopeful overtones.
546			_aEnglish
648			_a20th century
650			_aDS376-392.2 History of Asia. Pakistan _9793
651			_aPakistan _91175
700			_aAkhtar, Aasim Sajjad _91726
700			_aJalib, Habib _91727
700			_aMalkani, Zahra _91728
700			_aMemon, Qalandar Bux _91729
700			_aPrashad, Vijay _91730
700			_aRana, Junaid _91731
700			_aJamal, Amina _91732
700			_aIqtidar, Humeira _91733
700			_aMemon, Qalandar Bux _91729
700			_aAhmad, Mahvish _91734
700			_aJamali, Hafeez _91735
700			_aSultan-i-Rome _91736
700			_aKhattak, Iqbal _91737
700			_aAli, Nosheen _91738
700			_aHussain, Shafqat _91739
700			_aHammad Nasar _91740
700			_aRiyaz, Fehmida _91741
700			_aSafri, Maliha _91742
700			_aSiddiqa, Ayesha _9792
700			_aTahir, Madiha R. _91743
700			_aToor, Saadia _91744
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