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. Ed(S): Tahir, Madiha R.; Memon, Qalandar Bux - Dispatches from Pakistan - 9780816692248 - V9780816692248
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Dispatches from Pakistan

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Description for Dispatches from Pakistan paperback. Editor(s): Tahir, Madiha R.; Memon, Qalandar Bux. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKP; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.


Since 9/11, Pakistan has loomed large in the geopolitical imagination of the West. A key ally in the global war on terror, it is also the country in which Osama bin Laden was finally found and killed—and the one that has borne the brunt of much of the ongoing conflict’s collateral damage. Despite its prominence on the front lines and on the front pages, Pakistan has been depicted by Western observers simplistically in terms of its corruption, its fundamentalist Islamic beliefs, and its propensity for violence. Dispatches from Pakistan, in contrast, reveals the complexities, the challenges, and the joys ... Read more

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.

Contributors: Mahvish Ahmad; Nosheen Ali, U of California, Berkeley; Shafqat Hussain, Trinity College; Humeira Iqtidar, King’s College London; Amina Jamal, Ryerson U; Hafeez Jamali, U of Texas at Austin; Iqbak Khattak; Zahra Malkani; Raza Mir; Hammad Nasar; Junaid Rana, U of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign; Maliha Safri, Drew U; Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, Lahore U of Management Sciences; Ayesha Siddiqa; Sultan-i-Rome, Government Jahanzeb Postgraduate College, Swat, Pakistan; Saadia Toor, Staten Island College.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816692248
SKU
V9780816692248
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99-15

About . Ed(S): Tahir, Madiha R.; Memon, Qalandar Bux
Madiha R. Tahir is an independent journalist based in Pakistan. Her work has appeared in Foreign Affairs, the National, Columbia Journalism Review, Wall Street Journal, Herald (Pakistan), and Friday Times. Qalandar Bux Memon is the editor of Naked Punch, a philosophy, art, and politics platform. He is assistant professor in politic science at Forman Christian University, Lahore. Vijay ... Read more

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