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					<title><![CDATA[Meet The Masked Master Of Japanese Horror]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Strange Pictures is an international bestselling mystery-horror novel written by the masked Japanese YouTuber and author Uketsu.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 04:18:17 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Everybody Talks, Nobody Knows: Review Of Aisha Saeed’s The Wedding Week]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Aisha Saeed&rsquo;s The Wedding Week turns a lavish South Asian wedding into chaos of family secrets, communal gossip and buried trauma, asking how easily suspicion can become identity.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mudassar Javed Baryar]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mudassar Javed Baryar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:10:58 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Shahryar Khan’s Game Plan: Can Pakistan Become An Economic Gateway?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Author: Shahryar Khan Niazi
Book: Game Plan: Pakistan Economic Gateway Vision, Strategy and Leverage in a New World Order
Publisher: Karachi: Markings Publishing, 2024, pp.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Moonis Ahmar]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr Moonis Ahmar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:11:20 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Why Noon Meem Rashid Became The Existential Outsider Of Urdu Poetry]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Before him, Urdu poetry was dominated by traditional ghazals.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadir Mansoor]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature, Poetry]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nadir Mansoor]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:07:30 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Memory, Trauma And The Difficult Birth Of The Self: A Review Of Naina Adil’s Novel Kokh]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Naina Adil&rsquo;s Kokh is a layered work of contemporary Urdu fiction that explores childhood trauma, memory, sexuality, mental illness, family silence, exploitation and the possibility of healing.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Features, Literature, Poetry]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:11:16 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Navigating Modernity Through The Contemporary Afsana]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Contemporary Urdu short fiction works within a complex milieu of navigating the tensions of rapid urbanisation, shifting gender dynamics, economic precarity, and the lingering shadows of patriarchal traditions.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:45:14 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[An Ethno-History Of Inclusivity: A Review Of Muhammad Kashif Ali’s Kalasha]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Author: Muhammad Kashif Ali 
Book Title: Kalasha: Sole Non-Muslim Indigenous People Of Pakistan 
Publisher: VANGUARD BOOKS, 2026, pages 330
 I recently encountered a book that offers a powerful counterpoint to narratives depicting Pakistan as a monolithic, exclusionary state indifferent to its internal diversity and pluralistic.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Chawla]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Chawla]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:32:19 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Seeing Vs Observing – What A Diarist Can Learn From Sherlock Holmes]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[I remember.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Culture, Diary, Features, Literature]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 01:44:10 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[A History Written Without A Library]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The book did not begin as a book at all.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mazz Bin Akmal]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Heritage, Literature, Book Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mazz Bin Akmal]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:20:25 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Echoes Of No Man’s Land: Trauma, Memory And The Unfinished Story Of Partition]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[اوپڑ دی گڑ گڑ دی اینکس دی بے دھیانا دی مونگ دی دال آف دی پاکستان اینڈ ہندوستان در فٹے منہ
This iconic macaronic absurdist couplet, ending in bathetic invective, from Saadat Hasan Manto&rsquo;s seminal 1955 afsaana Toba Tek Singh resounds in the mind and heart as if re-living the trauma of division.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Literature, Memory]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:42:05 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Trauma Of The Pakistan-India Partition]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/13-Aug-2026/trauma-pakistan-india-partition]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan and India will celebrate their 79th Independence Day on August 14 and 15, respectively.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Talha Mahmood]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Citizens' Voice, History, Literature]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Talha Mahmood]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:38:00 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Hold On: A Young Woman’s Journey Through Love, Ambition And Sacrifice]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/05-Aug-2026/hold-young-woman-s-journey-love-ambition-sacrifice]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Naveed Iftikhar&rsquo;s debut novel explores the journey of a young woman from Kohat to New York but it is also a journey of growth, awareness, understanding and acceptance of our emotions, consequences of our life&rsquo;s choices and of circumstances beyond our control.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nida Usman Chaudhry]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Art, Book Review, Features, Literature, Reader's view]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nida Usman Chaudhry]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:13:56 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Deconstructing Colonial Legacies: Institutional Shifts In Pakistan’s Madrasa System]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Book Review: Reclaiming Madrassa: Challenges and Transformation 
Author: Dr.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Prof Muhammad Iqbal Chawla]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Features, Literature, Reader's view]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Prof Muhammad Iqbal Chawla]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:08:18 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Monuments We Recite: Why Pakistan Celebrates The Poets It Fears To Read]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[At Pakistani weddings, on greeting cards, in the captions beneath a certain kind of sunset photograph, one Faiz Ahmed Faiz poem outperforms nearly every other line of Urdu literature: the opening of &ldquo;Mujhse Pehli Si Mohabbat,&rdquo; a lover&rsquo;s gentle confession that he can no longer love as he once did.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zahoor Agha]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Literature, Poetry]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zahoor Agha]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 17:06:49 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fraught Bonds And Fierce Love: The Activist Heart Of Arundhati Roy’s Memoir]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[When I began to read Arundhati Roy&rsquo;s memoir Mother Mary Comes to Me, I don&rsquo;t know what I expected &ndash; excellent writing for sure, but this part autobiography, part biography of her mother blew me to smithereens.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature, Review, SPOTLIGHT]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:32:55 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Ever Land: A Haunting Debut About Sisterhood, Exile And The Unquiet Past]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Jul-2026/ever-land-haunting-debut-sisterhood-exile-unquiet-past]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Amy Abdelnoor&rsquo;s Ever Land arrives at a moment of profound reckoning, its publication coinciding with an ongoing genocide that has exposed the fault lines of global consciousness.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mudassar Javed Baryar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Features, Literature]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mudassar Javed Baryar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:30:16 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Bridging Boundaries – The English Translation Of Balochi Literature’s First Novel]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The depth of classic fiction proves that truly great literature leaves a timeless impression on readers across generations.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masood Hameed]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, Features, Literature]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Masood Hameed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 05:07:04 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Demons, Magic, Heroism And Martyrdom: Inside The Dastan-E Amir Hamza]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The Adventures of Amir Hamza (or Dastan-e Amir Hamza) is a massive Indo-Persian epic following the mythological and romantic exploits of the Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) uncle, Amir Hamza.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 05:54:55 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How Syed Hashmi Redefined the Balochi Ghazal]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/25-Jun-2026/syed-hashmi-redefined-balochi-ghazal]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[In a relatively short life of just fifty-two years, Syed Hashmi (1926&ndash;1978) made enduring contributions to Balochi literature across various genres, including fiction, poetry, lexicography, linguistics, aphorism writing, and letter writing.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fazal Baloch]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Culture, Features, Legacy, Literature]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Fazal Baloch]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:03:34 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Arrakis In Sindh – The Unexpected Pakistani Roots Of Frank Herbert’s Dune]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Although Frank Herbert&rsquo;s epic book Dune holds the justifiably deserved honour of winning both the prestigious Hugo and Nebula awards, it would be an understatement to note that Denis Villeneuve&rsquo;s magnificent films based on it (&ldquo;Dune Part 1&rdquo;, released in 2021 and &ldquo;Dune Part 2&rdquo;, released in 2024; the third.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadya Chishty-Mujahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Culture, Environment, Features, Literature]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nadya Chishty-Mujahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:32:34 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How Ali Ammar Redefines Literary Theory In The 21st Century]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[While universities are mushrooming across Pakistan, turning higher education into an industry by making degree acquisition increasingly easier, the quality of research remains far from satisfactory.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adnan Ashraf]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Adnan Ashraf]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 19:02:37 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Return Of The Vernacular: Ijaz And The Expanding Horizons Of Punjabi Fiction]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[A quiet but far-reaching literary revolution is unfolding across the contemporary world.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adnan Tariq]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Culture, Features, Literature]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Adnan Tariq]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:25:31 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Weaponising The Queen's English: How Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo Shaped Rasool Bakhsh Palijo]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Among the many stories that illuminate the formative years of Rasool Bakhsh Palijo, one singular episode from his school days at Sindh Madressatul Islam stands out with a quiet, luminous brilliance.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, Education, Features, History, Literature]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 16:46:43 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Paradise Lost And Found In Khushwant Singh’s Short Stories]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[I have never made a secret of the fact that I read Khushwant Singh&rsquo;s books religiously.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:25:54 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Khurshid Hasnain’s Novel Is A Fresh Addition to Urdu Social Realism]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Khurshid Hasnain&rsquo;s recently published novel Manzar Aik Bulandi Se is a significant, refreshing, and thought-provoking addition to contemporary Urdu fiction.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:32:11 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[ Evolution Of Defiance In Punjabi Women’s Literature]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[For approximately 550&ndash;600 years, the meadows of Punjab have been echoing with the legends of Heer, Sahiban, and Sohni&mdash;women whose rebellions were appraised by the profundity of their romantic devoutness.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Literature, Poetry]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:19:10 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[City, Love And Memory In Shahid Imtiaz’s Debut Anthology]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Lahore&rsquo;s air is imbued with creativity.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Culture, Features, Literature, Poetry, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 15:27:07 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Reading Rasool Bakhsh Palijo As Progressive Literary Critic]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/20-May-2026/reading-rasool-bakhsh-palijo-progressive-literary-critic]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The path of the critic is no straight road, but a spiral ascent forged through a lifelong devotion to the word.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:45:50 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Literature Meets Anthropology: Memories Of Aijaz Mangi, Chekhov And The Power Of Prose]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The phantom scent of cool Jamshoro breezes from the 1990s still lingers, summoning the hollow ache of late-night walks shared with Aijaz Mangi.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 15:37:44 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Ibn-e-Safi And The Art Of Intelligent Escape In Urdu Fiction]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Escape is not always about running away.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Muhammad Bilal Ramzan]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Muhammad Bilal Ramzan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:57:37 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Syrrina Haque’s Stories Remain A Haunting Reflection On Womanhood In Pakistan]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/19-Apr-2026/syrrina-haque-s-stories-remain-haunting-reflection-womanhood-pakistan]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Stories make us who we are, and this is particularly true in the case of fictional narratives.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:09:22 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Time Of The Dictator: Reading Marquez In Urdu]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/18-Apr-2026/time-dictator-marquez-urdu]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Gabriel Garc&iacute;a M&aacute;rquez (1927-2014) is counted among those distinguished writers who gave extraordinary latitude and depth to world literature.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raza Naeem]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Raza Naeem]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:01:00 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Class, Culture And Cruelty: Reading Mueenuddin’s Second Novel]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Daniyal Mueenuddin is a Pakistani-American author who writes in English.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Features, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:32:37 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Light of the Pen: How Balochistan’s Women Writers Documented Resistance]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/05-Apr-2026/light-pen-balochistan-s-women-writers-documented-resistance]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[For the women writers of popular resistance in Balochistan, the political is inseparable from the personal, and the poetic is as ancient as the soil.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Literature, Poetry]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:39:59 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Tracing Lahore’s Progressive Urdu Poetry Legacy]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Words, when meaningfully woven together, hold within them an unimaginable power.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, History, Legacy, Literature, Poetry]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:54:27 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[From Sorrow To Soul: Reimagining Modern Punjabi Poetry With Rai Mohammad Khan Nasir]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In today&rsquo;s fast-changing world, many regional languages are struggling to survive in their true spirit.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adnan Tariq]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Literature, Poetry]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Adnan Tariq]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:01:29 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Dealing With Macaulay's Last Victory In Pakistan]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[It has been over seven decades since the Union Jack came down.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mahrukh Batool]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 01:24:26 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Vibrant Cities, Wounded Souls: Ernest Hemingway’s Masterpiece Of Post-War Disillusionment]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Ernest Miller Hemingway&rsquo;s The Sun Also Rises instilled in me a fascination for the vibrant nightlife of Paris and the famed bullfighting fiesta of Pamplona.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Literature, Perspective]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:09:34 +0500</pubDate>

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										<description><![CDATA[Imdad Hussaini, a distinguished poet, short story writer, researcher, translator, and editor, was born on 10 March 1940, in Tikhurh, a village celebrated as a historic hub of Sindhi poetry and culture.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Muhammad Habib Sanai]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:32:04 +0500</pubDate>

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										<description><![CDATA[The sheer volume and visceral intensity of the literature of resistance produced by Pakistani women is nothing short of overwhelming.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 23:05:13 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Nostalgia On Nisbet Road: Pran Nevile’s Lahore]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[I wonder how childish and unpredictable the ways of the heart are.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature, Memory]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:11:16 +0500</pubDate>

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										<description><![CDATA[In the heart of Islamabad, where the Margalla Hills stand as ancient, silent sentinels to the passage of empires, the Indus Cultural Forum (ICF) has emerged as a vital architect of peace.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 22:04:16 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[When English Fails – Finding A Vocabulary Of Grief In Urdu And Punjabi]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[My eldest recently lost his childhood friend to a hit-and-run.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam Tahir Butt]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 22:29:37 +0500</pubDate>

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										<description><![CDATA[Click here for the first part of this article
 
In 2012, while studying the war on terror&rsquo;s devastating impact on Muslim tribal societies in "ungoverned spaces" like Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia, we searched for a framework to explain the relentless violence facing these peripheries.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed, Amineh Hoti, Frankie Martin]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed, Amineh Hoti, Frankie Martin]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 21:46:51 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Writing Inwardly: How Silence Matured Into Tahir Sandhu’s Neondra]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Some stories don&rsquo;t begin on the page.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tallat Naveed]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:43:38 +0500</pubDate>

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										<description><![CDATA[In 2012, as we worked on our study of the war on terror&rsquo;s impact on Muslim tribal societies, we searched for a metaphor to frame and explain the dynamic that we were observing across the world.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed, Amineh Hoti, Frankie Martin]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed, Amineh Hoti, Frankie Martin]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:31:50 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Of Identity, Love And Lahore: Rereading The Reluctant Fundamentalist]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[I can hardly recall anything that made me fall more in love with the Anarkali side of Mall Road than Mohsin Hamid&rsquo;s The Reluctant Fundamentalist.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 16:02:12 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[My Journey With The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Suzanna Arundhati Roy is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things (1997), which won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the biggest-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 17:41:17 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Identity, Isolation And The American Dream In Kiran Desai’s Latest Novel]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Kiran Desai is an Indian author whose novel The Inheritance of Loss won the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:01:22 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Subtle Glow Of 2025: Three Books That Taught Me To See]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[As the year slips away in its quiet, almost sublime manner, it gently invites reflection.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:46:15 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[A Beloved And Discerning Humourist]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Syed Mohammad Jafri, the intelligent satirist and humourist of the Indo-Pak subcontinent was born in 1905.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raza Naeem]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Raza Naeem]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 04:33:18 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[A Cultural Cartographer: Adrian Husain’s Journey Through Selfhood]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Across the pages of Knife of the Tide, his collection of masterfully wrought sonnets set across borders, landscapes and different stages of selfhood, poet Adrian Husain becomes a kind of cultural cartographer, mapping fault lines and past high points, decay and reinvention.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam Tahir Butt]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mariam Tahir Butt]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 22:48:00 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Lives Bound By Cultures In Anita Desai’s World]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/09-Jan-2026/lives-bound-cultures-anita-desai-s-world]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[South Asian culture is kaleidoscopic and rich, and so are most of the novels set in its milieu.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 05:15:45 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Khushwant Singh’s Risqué Masterpiece]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Dec-2025/khushwant-singh-s-risque-masterpiece]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[I have had a whale of a time reading Khushwant Singh&rsquo;s novel The Company of Women.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Features, Literature]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 23:16:23 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Understanding The Ghalibian Crucible: Unveiling Sufi Realities Beyond The Pretext]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Would it be blasphemous to call Mirza Ghalib a Sufi poet when his rindana lifestyle&mdash;debauchery and licentious behaviour towards religion&mdash;is common knowledge?
Tasawaf in Islamic tradition is based on two fundamental pillars: Shariat, which is the outward, divine law of Islam (God's commands and duties), and Tariqat, the inner,.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Legacy, Literature, Poetry]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 00:23:33 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Being Jaun Elia]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Main jo hoon, &lsquo;Jaun Elia&rsquo; hoon janaab
Iska be-had lihaaz kijiye ga&rdquo;
(Who am I, I am &lsquo;Jaun Elia&rsquo; your majesty
Treat him with utmost courtesy)
Jaun Elia&rsquo;s name is very important among the poets of the modern era who have remained distinguished owing to their philosophy and art, also style of saying and.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raza Naeem]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, Features, Legacy, Literature, Poetry]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Raza Naeem]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 23:11:44 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Of Creativity And Compassion: A Conversation With Shahina PiyarAli]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/12-Dec-2025/creativity-compassion-conversation-shahina-piyarali]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[September in Seattle has a sultry, moist scent.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zeinab Masud Agha]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Interview, Literature]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zeinab Masud Agha]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 05:12:22 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How Aisha Hassan’s Debut Redefines Environmental Storytelling in Pakistan]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Aisha Hassan&rsquo;s When the Fireflies Dance feels less like a debut novel and more like an early tremor of a writer who understands that Pakistan&rsquo;s next great fiction will not emerge from cities, campuses, or intellectual salons, but from the smog-choked peripheries where labourers breathe in their own slow undoing.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mudassar Javed Baryar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Climate Crisis, Editor's Picks, Environment, Features, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mudassar Javed Baryar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 01:48:18 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Art And Literature Can Help Humanise A Scientifically Advanced Age]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/05-Dec-2025/art-literature-can-help-humanise-scientifically-advanced-age]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Art, in its myriad forms, serves as a profound mirror, reflecting and refracting the world's complexities to reveal deeper truths.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Art, Features, Literature, Perspective]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 02:09:11 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Letters That Bring Back Lost Warmth]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In an era when human connection is getting compromised and weaker by the day, there appear to be fewer avenues to reclaim the glory of those times when people waited weeks &ndash; and, in some cases &ndash; months to receive the response to a letter they had carefully penned and sent.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:13:04 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Narrating Pakistan Through Varied Voices - And Capturing A Nation's Soul]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The notion of writing about one&rsquo;s country is always tinged with idiosyncratic and personal feelings.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Features, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 05:27:49 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Islamabad's Literary Soul Versus CDA's Bulldozer: The Fight For The I-10/3 Dhaba]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Arriving in Islamabad five years ago as a student from far away, I often felt a deep longing for connection and a place to belong.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abdul Ghaffar Bugti]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Literature]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Abdul Ghaffar Bugti]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 07:03:14 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[More Than Malicious Gossip: Remembering Khushwant Singh]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s nothing short of a blessing to get one&rsquo;s hands on any book of Khushwant Singh, the most celebrated and widely read South Asian writer.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, Legacy, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:50:42 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Halima Khan Weaves Fiction Over Fact To Chronicle The Trauma Of Partition]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Halima Khan is a writer and curator with a background in Communication Studies and English Literature.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Features, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 18:24:39 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[A Planet Severed From Etiquette]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Ab mein akhlaq se toota hua sayyara hoon
Haan mein aavara hoon, aavara hoon, aavara hoon&rdquo;
(Now I am a planet severed from etiquette
Yes, I am profligate, I am profligate, I am profligate)
After leafing through the latest edition of the Kulliyat of Urdu&rsquo;s superlative, singular poet Mustafa Zaidi &ndash;who died 55 years ago.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raza Naeem]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Literature, Poetry]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Raza Naeem]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 03:57:34 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Shah Hussain's Defiant Love In A New Historical Novel]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The author of The Sufi&rsquo;s Nightingale, Sarbpreet Singh, is a writer, playwright and podcaster known for his work on Sikh history and historical fiction.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 22:27:21 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Poetics Of The Embrace - Then And Now]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/22-Oct-2025/poetics-embrace-now]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Across time and cultures, the embrace has served as a gesture charged with meanings that exceed its physical form: an act that can console, possess, reconcile, or even unsettle.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Aftab Husain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Art, Culture, Features, Literature, Poetry]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr Aftab Husain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 19:06:01 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Does The Arc Of The Moral Universe Bend Towards Justice? Faiz And Darwish Respond]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/21-Oct-2025/arc-moral-universe-bend-towards-justice-faiz-darwish-respond]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Martin Luther King famously said that &ldquo;the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Salman Kureishy]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature, Main Slider, Poetry, SPOTLIGHT]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Salman Kureishy]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 17:00:18 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Of The Wit And The Wounds Of Mark Twain]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/17-Oct-2025/wit-wounds-mark-twain]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Ron Chernow's recent biography Mark Twain provides an extensive, accurately researched portrayal of the legendary American writer.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Features, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 21:57:02 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Double Debut: Meezan Zahra Khwaja Launches Two Brave Books On Grief And Mental Health]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Literary Lahore witnessed a rare occurrence on Saturday, 4th October 2025: a launch event of not one but two books &ndash; not by an old established author, but by a young writer, a brand-new star set to shine brightly in the firmament.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nazia Khan]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nazia Khan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 19:26:40 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[More Than Words: The Progressive Writers Wielding Literature As A Hammer]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA["Art is not a mirror to hold up to society, but a hammer with which to shape it.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abdul Ghaffar Bugti]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Abdul Ghaffar Bugti]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 19:53:14 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Blooming Old Man Of Urdu Literature: Joginder Paul At A Hundred (1925 – 2016)]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Joginder Paul was born on 5 September 1925, a hundred years ago today in Sialkot.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raza Naeem]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Raza Naeem]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 18:14:59 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Of Samad Behrangi And A Fish In A Pond]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[I first encountered the short-lived Iranian writer Samad Behrangi (1939-1968) in Sibte Hasan&rsquo;s classic work on the Iranian Revolution, Inquilab-e-Iran (1980), where while discussing the stifling atmosphere under Raza Shah Pahlavi, Hasan mentioned how scores of Iranian writers and poets paid the ultimate price for dissenting with the Shah by.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raza Naeem]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, Legacy, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Raza Naeem]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 17:25:51 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Bond, But Of The Mussoorie Hills, Not Hollywood]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[A week ago, I playfully tapped the keyboard of my laptop and typed the word &ldquo;Himalaya&rdquo; in the Google search bar.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Diary, Editor's Picks, Features, Legacy, Literature]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 18:20:57 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Writing Bhanbhore’s Stories: Fagan, Carroll And The Art Of Archaeological Narrative]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[It does not matter if we are merely literate or highly educated: we all put words to page.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 23:02:27 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp: A Testament To Endurance]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Even if the writer and reader live in different countries or on different continents, compelling, spellbinding stories have the power to shape ideologies and leave an indelible mark on readers.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 16:39:48 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Goethe As Europe’s Rumi - II]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Click here for the first part of this article
 
In 1819, Goethe published his poetic collection West-Eastern Divan, a book that is by all measures astonishing and has been described as revolutionary by scholars.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed, Amineh Hoti, Frankie Martin]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed, Amineh Hoti, Frankie Martin]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:26:25 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[What Nietzsche Saw In the Poetry of Hafez - But Iqbal Did Not]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[As I explored the poetry of Hafez of Shiraz in the original, in translations and commentaries, I was delighted and surprised to know that Friedrich Nietzsche, the 19th-century German philologist/philosopher, admired Hafez.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Salman Kureishy]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Salman Kureishy]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 17:31:28 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Goethe As Europe’s Rumi - I]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[During fieldwork in Germany for our study Journey into Europe about Islam in Europe, the subject of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Germany&rsquo;s greatest literary figure, frequently came up.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed, Amineh Hoti, Frankie Martin]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Legacy, Literature, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed, Amineh Hoti, Frankie Martin]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 17:31:52 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Rauf Nizamani As Unwavering Beacon Of Enlightenment]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The term 'intellectual' has been so frequently overused &mdash; and often misused &mdash; that people have grown hesitant to apply it even to those who have made meaningful contributions to the intellectual and enlightened growth of multiple generations.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Muhammad Habib Sanai]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Muhammad Habib Sanai]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 23:46:51 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Mirabai Meets Kafka: The Unlikely Conversations Of The Missing Prayer]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In the rusted remains of discarded family relics, a ragman searches for &ldquo;what we never thought existed / in our everyday things,&rdquo; yet the poet may well be describing the essence of his own poetry.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam Tahir Butt]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature, Memory, Poetry, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mariam Tahir Butt]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 17:43:42 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[A Book That Feels Like a Hug: Lessons From Sonoko Machida’s The Convenience Store by the Sea]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Sonoko Machida is an award-winning Japanese author, born in 1980 in Fukuoka Prefecture.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 23:59:10 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA['Books Shall Win’: Unpacking The Defiant Optimism Of Islamabad’s Booksellers]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Ejaz Books is located in Jinnah Super Market, F-7.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shahalam Tariq]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Shahalam Tariq]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2025 23:21:03 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Scholar, Activist, Friend: Remembering Dr Manzur Ejaz's Multidimensional Legacy]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Leading Punjabi intellectual and writer Dr Manzur Ejaz passed away at his home in Virginia on the 30th of March 2025.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Omar Ali]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, In memoriam, Legacy, Literature]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Omar Ali]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 20:12:34 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Beyond Spiritual And Profane Translations: What Rumi Actually Said]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;I used to recite prayers; now I recite rhymes and poems and songs&rdquo;
(Rumi - Divan, Ghazal #2351/17)
A spectre has been haunting some Muslim writers and critics over the last few years &ndash; the spectre of a popular appreciation of the poetry of Jalal-ad Din Muhammed, better known as Rumi.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Salman Kureishy]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature, Main Slider, Perspective, Poetry, SPOTLIGHT]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Salman Kureishy]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:38:20 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The First Progressive Poetess]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA["Bade taabaan, bade roshan sitare toot jaate hain
Sahar ki raah takna ta-sahar aasan nahi hota"
(Very bright, very shining meteors do appear
 It is not easy waiting for dawn until the night does disappear)
The creator of six poetic collections published in one volume as Mausam Mausam (Every Season), an autobiography Jo Rahi So Be-Khabari.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raza Naeem]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature, Poetry]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Raza Naeem]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 23:53:10 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Journalism On The Edge: Umber Khairi’s Tale Of Risk And Redemption]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Ms Umber Khairi&rsquo;s sincerely written book, Akbar in Wonderland, highlights the important point that journalists the world over are at risk.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadya Chishty-Mujahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nadya Chishty-Mujahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 02:45:36 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Books They Fear: How Literature Threatens The Status Quo]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Throughout history, societies have silenced books that challenge their norms or ideals, fearing the power of words.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayesha Iltaf]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Features, Literature, Perspective]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ayesha Iltaf]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:44:35 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Through Snowstorms And Scars: Han Kang’s Tale Of Friendship And Sacrifice]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Han Kang, born in 1970 in South Korea, made her literary debut as a poet in 1993 and published her first short story in 1994.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 17:24:04 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Farah Ali’s Haunting Debut Unveils The Silent Apocalypse Of Poverty And Climate Collapse]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Award-winning author Farah Ali&rsquo;s debut novel The River, The Town paints a poignant narrative that traces the lives of Baadal, his mother Raheela, and his wife Meena.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam Tahir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Climate Crisis, Culture, Features, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mariam Tahir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:46:02 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[What It Takes To Be A Writer]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/18-Feb-2025/what-it-takes-to-be-a-writer]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Writers can be profoundly dull, or at least they appear to be.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[B. J. Sadiq]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Culture, Diary, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[B. J. Sadiq]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:00:21 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Streams Of Consciousness: Amn Zain ul Abidin’s Raw And Radical Debut]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Amn Zain ul Abidin, a student of Advanced Cambridge Level Year 1 at Lahore Grammar School 55 Main, delivers an evocative debut with Streams of Self-Addressed Letters.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Furqan Ali]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Furqan Ali]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 15 Feb 2025 20:37:36 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[From Tigris To Thames: Elif Shafak’s Epic Journey Through Time And Water]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Elif Shafak is an award-winning British Turkish novelist whose writings have been translated into 56 languages.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Features, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 09 Feb 2025 18:00:01 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Echoes Of Women's Experience In Short Stories]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[We are living in the 21st century, and apparently women are expected to enjoy many more rights than they used to in the past.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 05:06:05 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Remembering Shiv, Amrita And Shafqat Mirza]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[مینوں کئیاں نیں آکھیا کئی واری
توں لیناں پنجابی دا ناں چھڈ دے
مینوں انج لگدا لوکی آکھدے نیں
او پُتر !اپنی توں ماں چھڈ دے
اُستاد دامن
The volume in my hand, Punjabi Language, Literature and Legends, is the work of Safir Rammah, a distinguished figure in the realm of Punjabi language activism, literary criticism, and editorial work.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tallat Naveed]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature, Poetry]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Tallat Naveed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 20:55:17 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Hindu Imagery And Themes In Pakistani Urdu Poetry: A Case Of ‘Cultural Mourning’?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;I write to preserve memories that are under threat of erasure.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Salman Kureishy]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature, Poetry, SPOTLIGHT]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Salman Kureishy]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:27:25 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Of Sex, Lies And Perversion]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The decade of the 1970s began in Pakistan with suicides &ndash; both individual and national.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayesha Siddiqa]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Book Review, Books, Culture, Editor's Picks, Literature, Main Slider, Memory, Poetry, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ayesha Siddiqa]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jan 2025 21:19:10 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Burden Of Being: A Reflection On Sadeq Hedayat's The Blind Owl]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[As long as blood flows through our veins, light graces our eyes, and the heart continues to beat, life courses through the stream of our souls, until death approaches us, quietly knocking at our doors.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sumreen Fatima]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Sumreen Fatima]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jan 2025 22:12:08 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[A Woman On A Suitcase: Delightful Book That Enchants And Tickles The Funny Bone ]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[A Woman on a Suitcase by Shazaf Fatima Haider is a masterful blend of humour, minimalism and depth.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam Tahir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Features, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mariam Tahir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 03:10:45 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[In Memoriam: Bapsi Sidhwa, Queen Of Modern Literature]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Last night, I jumped out of my skin after hearing the heart-wrenching news of the demise of a well-known or perhaps the greatest Pakistani writer in English, Bapsi Sidhwa, who bade adieu to this transitory world in Houston, Texas, USA on the 26th of December 2024 at the age of 86.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Sajid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Editor's Picks, Features, In memoriam, Legacy, Literature, Memory, Obituary, Culture]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ahmad Sajid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 29 Dec 2024 23:40:04 +0500</pubDate>

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