You have been writing for several years — since 2012 — if I’m not mistaken, even before your debut book ‘Midnight Doorways’. How has the journey been? Like most writers, I have been closet-writing since I was a child. My first publication was a Letter to the Editor of ‘Children’s Pakistan’ when I was seven...
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Ananke WLF 2022 explores writing women in history as a form of subversion
Dubai, UAE: On March 31st and April 1st, 2022, distinguished literary names especially from the Global South, will grace the second edition of the much celebrated Anankes Women in Literature Festival 2022 (#AnankeWLF2022). Exploring Writing Women in History as a Form of Subversion is a key theme which will be examined at this year’s Festival. History...
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#AnankeWLF2022 Profile: Sabyn Javeri on Subverting Hegemonic Literary Traditions
Your novels Nobody Killed Her and Hijabistan have a powerful sense of breaking free from a cruel society of iron restrictions and constraints that have bound and chained people—mostly women throughout the years. Do tell us how your own life experiences found a way into your writing. Writing has always been a way to express...
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Ananke WLF to create a narrative of harmonious inclusion by celebrating literati from the Global South
Dubai UAE: The second edition of Anankes Women in Literature Festival will be held digitally on March 31st and April 1st, 2022. The two-day, online event plans to celebrate independent publishers, writers, poets, literary agents as well as connoisseurs of the written word especially from the Global South. With the theme, Rethinking Paper, Ink &...
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#AnankeWLF2022 Profile: Annie Zaidi on gender-based censorship, complicit silence & sly endorsements of violence
In one of your interviews, you spoke about the power of literature be it in its broadest sense newspapers and pamphlets or creative writing (novels etc.) in limited terms; and how it impacts society. While many students and wider communities alike are unlikely to read many literary works (speaking in relative terms), we are...
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#AnankeWLF2022 Profile: Mehr F Husain on Creating a Cycle of Sustainability
You’re an author and entrepreneur, two inspiring professions. Do tell us the journey of taking on two such difficult tasks, and whether one complemented the other. It was in 2018 after writing my book that I realized Pakistan’s local fabric was suffering, muslin in particular. I had finished writing and was feeling very empty. To...
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Annie Zaidi, Myriam Tadasse, Sabyn Javeri & Saba Karim share platform at Anankes WLF2022 to Unpack A Womans Experience of Displacement
Leading voices from across the literary landscape are all set to share their views about fictionalizing womens lived experiences at the second edition of Anankes much celebrated Women In Literature Festival 2022 (#WLF2022). Taking place digitally on March 31st and April 1st, 2022. The two-day, online event plans to celebrate independent publishers, writers, poets, literary...
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International Womens Day celebrates the contribution of women and girls as climate solution multipliers
March 8th, 2022, (New York, USA): Advancing gender equality in the context of the climate crisis and disaster risk reduction is one of the greatest global challenges of the 21st century. This years theme for International Womens Day (8 March), Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow, explores the ways in which women and girls are...
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Mastercard partners with Expo School Programme to mark Womens Day with biggest ever Girls4Tech rollout
Girls and parents are invited to sign up for the sessions in celebration of International Womens Day March 7th, 2022, (Dubai, UAE): Mastercard, the Official Payment Technology Partner of Expo 2020 Dubai, is collaborating with the Expo School Programme to stage two of its biggest ever Girls4Tech sessions as part of International Womens Day 2022....
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Dubai Airports Launches Womens Network to Connect and Empower its Female Professionals
March 7th, 2022, (Dubai, UAE) – Dubai Airports, the operator of Dubai International (DXB) and Dubai World Central (DWC), has announced the launch of the new Dubai Airports Womens Network (DAWN), a dedicated platform to empower, inspire, inform and connect women in aviation and maximise personal and professional development opportunities for Dubai Airports female professionals....