Ive got the Pakistan blues! Thanks to talented friend Bilal Qureshi of NPR for producing and reporting a lovely piece from his recent travels to Lahore with reflections from the Lahore Literary Festival. He speaks with many of Lahores icons about art, literature, identity and war. Friends, give this All Things Considered piece a listen, its really wonderful. I think its underestimated what Pakistan has gone through in terms of the internal threat, the narrowing of public discourse, the closing of the mind. The Lahore Literary Festival was not a protest against terrorism. Instead, it was an effort to open the Pakistani mind — to make space for ideas. Festival organizer Razi Ahmed says he wanted to bring world-class conversations to his city and make Pakistanis aware of what prevails beyond the borders. If you havent checked this piece out already, I think you all will enjoy it. (Irfana Anwer Ayesha Mian Masood Alexander Razaq Haroon Ullah Haroon Moghul McMood Kosmy Mona Malik] Khadija Pervez Taimur Ahmed Misha Habib Sahar Habib Ghazi Daniyal Noorani Sahar Khan Dfw Wer Malik Saba Saba Gulrukh Rabia Rabia Malika Robert Adnan Adnan Najma Sarah)
Posted on: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 18:46:24 +0000
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