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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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					<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 04:18:17 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Riding The Midnight Train – A Magical Journey Through Regret And Redemption]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In The Midnight Train, an 81-year-old London bookstore owner named Wilbur Budd suffers a massive heart attack and awakens near death on a fog-enshrouded railway platform.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 06:43:36 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Manuscript In Stone: Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro’s Decades Of Archaeological Discovery In Sindh]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The discovery of rock art in the mountains of the Sindh province of Pakistan owes largely to Dr Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sirat Gohar Daudpoto]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 05:27:04 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Weekly Review Of Pakistan's Economics Journalism And Commentary: August 7–14, 2026]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[An interesting week for journalism as newspapers collectively revealed an important shift in the way the economy is being discussed.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadeem Ul Haque]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nadeem Ul Haque]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:55:01 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Umera Ahmed’s Dar-e-Nijaat: A Mirror To Gen-Z’s Anxiety]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Dar-e-Nijaat (the door of repentance), the new play on ARY, starring Nameer Khan, Durr-e-Fishan and Sheharyar Munawar in the lead roles, is like a breath of fresh air.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gaitee Ara Siddiqi]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Gaitee Ara Siddiqi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:34:34 +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>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:32:55 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Weekly Pakistan Economics Newspaper Review Friday, July 17–24, 2026]]></title>
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					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadeem Ul Haque]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nadeem Ul Haque]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:57:41 +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>
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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[Silt And Sovereignty: Rewriting The History Of Sindh Through Evidence]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The writing of Sindh&rsquo;s history in South Asia has long vibrated between two extreme poles: the overly romanticised, hagiographical folklore of local traditions, and the clinical, court-centric chronicles left behind by imperial conquerors.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:30:12 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How Ali Ammar Redefines Literary Theory In The 21st Century]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/22-Jun-2026/ali-ammar-redefines-literary-theory-21st-century]]></link>
										<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[Khurshid Hasnain’s Novel Is A Fresh Addition to Urdu Social Realism]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/11-Jun-2026/khurshid-hasnain-s-novel-fresh-addition-urdu-social-realism]]></link>
										<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>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Culture, Features, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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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[City, Love And Memory In Shahid Imtiaz’s Debut Anthology]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/22-May-2026/city-love-memory-shahid-imtiaz-s-debut-anthology]]></link>
										<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[Five Partitions – Sam Dalrymple’s New Take On The Raj’s Messy Exit]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/21-May-2026/five-partitions-sam-dalrymple-s-new-take-raj-s-messy-exit]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[One would think it is hard to add anything new to the historical account of the eighty-year-old partition of British India when all the documents have been made available in the public domain for decades now.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shakil Akhtar Rai]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Features, History, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Shakil Akhtar Rai]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 16:57:08 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Is Paulo Coelho’s New Book A Guide To Love Or An Overly Optimistic Fairy Tale?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/10-May-2026/paulo-coelho-s-new-book-guide-love-overly-optimistic-fairy-tale]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Gift speaks of love, which the author Paulo Coelho categorizes as a human being&rsquo;s greatest fortune and spiritual centre.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 03:01:09 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[A Journey Into Turkmenistan And The Resilient Baloch identity]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/26-Apr-2026/journey-turkmenistan-resilient-baloch-identity]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Yarjan Badini&rsquo;s travelogue offers a compelling exploration of Baloch culture, traditions, and the enduring presence of Baloch communities across Central Asia and beyond.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masood Hameed]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Culture, Features, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Masood Hameed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:24:46 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Nicholas Kristof And The Power Of A Reporter’s Notebook]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The social currency of our modern age is a bankrupt one, traded in fake news, tailored truths, and the reflexive venom of comments written by those who never bother to read.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:27:38 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Riz Ahmed’s BAIT Refuses To Translate The British Pakistani Experience]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[There&rsquo;s a moment early in BAIT where Riz Ahmed is sitting across from a severed pig&rsquo;s head, talking to it like it might answer back.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maham Sajid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, Features, Film, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Maham Sajid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:55:00 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Class, Culture And Cruelty: Reading Mueenuddin’s Second Novel]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/08-Apr-2026/class-culture-cruelty-reading-mueenuddin-s-second-novel]]></link>
										<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[How Ryszard Kapuściński Offered A Masterclass In African Reporting]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Apr-2026/ryszard-kapu-ci-ski-offered-masterclass-african-reporting]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran reminded me of Ryszard Kapuściński.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
					<guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Apr-2026/ryszard-kapu-ci-ski-offered-masterclass-african-reporting</guid>

											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:52:55 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[When Western Concepts Fail South Asian Realities - A Linguistic Reckoning]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/21-Mar-2026/western-concepts-fail-south-asian-realities-linguistic-reckoning]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Keywords, in the simplest possible sense, are shortcuts for large amounts of valuable information.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bilal Tantray]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Features, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
					<guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thefridaytimes.com/21-Mar-2026/western-concepts-fail-south-asian-realities-linguistic-reckoning</guid>

											<author><![CDATA[Bilal Tantray]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 05:47:40 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Colombo: Port of Call – A Journey Through Time With Ajay Kamalakaran]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/15-Mar-2026/em-colombo-port-call-em-journey-time-ajay-kamalakaran]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Ajay Kamalakaran is a journalist and writer, based in Mumbai.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, History, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 22:29:41 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Moral Authority Over Rank: Decoding 'Legacy Beyond Leadership']]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/20-Feb-2026/moral-authority-rank-decoding-legacy-beyond-leadership]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Lieutenant General Arshad Mehmood was born in August 1940 in Kotli, Azad Kashmir.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Education, Features, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:02:19 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Is The New Zia Mohyeddin Documentary A Missed Opportunity For Cinematic Depth?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/26-Jan-2026/west-end-urdu-oratory-tracing-zia-mohyeddin-s-journey]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[If plaudits at the screening I attended are to be believed, the new Pakistani documentary, The Colour of My Heart (directed by Umar Riaz), releasing in cinemas on 6 February 2026, is going to be a gamechanger for the country&rsquo;s fledgling film industry.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Huzaifaa Farrukh]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Perspective, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Huzaifaa Farrukh]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:08:33 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Identity, Isolation And The American Dream In Kiran Desai’s Latest Novel]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/22-Jan-2026/identity-isolation-american-dream-kiran-desai-s-latest-novel]]></link>
										<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>
					<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, 22 Jan 2026 16:01:22 +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[Not Just A Colonial Tool: How South Asia's Native Rulers Championed Archaeology]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/02-Jan-2026/colonial-tool-south-asia-s-native-rulers-championed-archaeology]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[It is indeed true that archaeology in the South Asian Subcontinent was a colonial project that was used as a tool for governance.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sirat Gohar Daudpoto]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, Heritage, History, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
					<guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thefridaytimes.com/02-Jan-2026/colonial-tool-south-asia-s-native-rulers-championed-archaeology</guid>

											<author><![CDATA[Sirat Gohar Daudpoto]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 04:07:17 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Daughter Of Contradictions]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/27-Dec-2025/daughter-contradictions]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Salam Benazir kesi shaandaar zindagi
Shikast aapko aduu koi na de saka kabhi&rdquo;
("Salam Benazir, for a life stately
You remained undefeated by every enemy")
Salam Benazir, by Fahmida Riaz)
Benazir Bhutto (BB) &ndash; assassinated in Rawalpindi eighteen years ago today &ndash; is an iconic personality from South Asia, not only the scion.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raza Naeem]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Raza Naeem]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2025 23:34:06 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[From Exploitation To Irrelevance: Harari’s Vision Of The 21st Century]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/23-Dec-2025/exploitation-irrelevance-harari-s-vision-21st-century]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[In a series of 21 chapters, Yuval Noah Harari highlights pressing issues like backsliding democracy, inequality, climate change, terrorism, and disrupting technologies.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Features, Review, Technology]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 06:33:47 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Joel Kotkin’s Warning to the Global Middle Class]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In his book The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class, Joel Kotkin expresses concern on inequality, which has been widened by the pandemic and backsliding democracy.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:27:03 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Between Memory and Homeland: Reading Rumi's Being Pakistani]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Connection&rdquo; is a curious feeling.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Heritage, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 20:12:16 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Pen Against The Sword: How Palestinian Writers Are Documenting Genocide]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/14-Dec-2025/pen-sword-palestinian-writers-documenting-genocide]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Gaza: The Story of a Genocide is edited by Fatima Bhutto and Sonia Faleiro and is an urgent anthology of personal testimonies, poetry, photos, and reportage by Palestinians bearing witness to the ongoing destruction in Gaza.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 23:36:39 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Cultural Explosions And Political Tensions: Records Of Life In Revolutionary Algeria]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/10-Dec-2025/cultural-explosions-political-tensions-records-life-revolutionary-algeria]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Books often spark a reader&rsquo;s curiosity about the authors who have shaped their minds.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, History, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 07:10:45 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Malala’s Untold Story – Of Bollywood Bops, Girlfriends And Growing Up]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/07-Dec-2025/malala-s-untold-story-bollywood-bops-girlfriends-growing]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Features, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 23:19:14 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How Aisha Hassan’s Debut Redefines Environmental Storytelling in Pakistan]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/07-Dec-2025/aisha-hassan-s-debut-redefines-environmental-storytelling-pakistan]]></link>
										<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[Letters That Bring Back Lost Warmth]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Dec-2025/letters-bring-back-lost-warmth]]></link>
										<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[Why Truth Does Not Resolve Political Conflict: Harari On The Power Of Fiction]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In his latest book, Nexus, Yuval Noah Harari highlights the issues of disruptive AI and populist fascism.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Features, Review, Technology]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:58:11 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Alvin Finkel Traces The History Of Inequality From Foraging To Neoliberalism]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/25-Nov-2025/alvin-finkel-traces-history-inequality-foraging-neoliberalism]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[I came across Alvin Finkel&rsquo;s book, which aims to provide a people&rsquo;s history that emphasises equality, democracy, and reciprocity.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Economy, Editor's Picks, Features, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 17:39:48 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Narrating Pakistan Through Varied Voices - And Capturing A Nation's Soul]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/23-Nov-2025/narrating-pakistan-varied-voices-capturing-nation-s-soul]]></link>
										<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[Cinematic Republics: Muslim Identity, Pakistan And The Poetics Of Belonging In Hindi Film]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In the long history of Indian cinema, few questions have proved as persistently generative, or as persistently uneasy, as those surrounding the Muslim presence on screen and the idea of Pakistan just beyond it.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Aftab Husain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Film, Review, SPOTLIGHT]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr Aftab Husain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:59:07 +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[From Capitalists To Cloudalists: The New Techno-Feudal Overlords Of The Global Economy]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Dismissing the notion that we are still living under capitalism, Yanis Varoufakis argues that the true measure of 21st-century power is the extraction of cloud rent.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Economy, Features, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 06:17:26 +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[From Iraq War To Kashmir: Pankaj Mishra On How Elite Rhetoric Sanctions Brutality And Oppression]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Before The World After Gaza (2025), Pankaj Mishra wrote Blind Fanatics (2020) where he drew out the issues with upper caste and middle class liberals and intellectuals who are more concerned with their privileged positions or nationalism than about pushing against imperial interests and the subjugation of people.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Features, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:17:25 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How Jhumpa Lahiri’s Roman Stories Unpack Universal Themes of 'Otherness']]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri is celebrated for her depiction of immigrant and Indian-American life, yet her tender stories also capture universal themes of longing, loneliness and barriers of communication.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 16:20:12 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Language Apartheid In South Asia: When Your Native Tongue Isn't Good Enough]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The British Raj ended in August 1947 but the nearly 2 billion inhabitants of the South Asian Subcontinent continue to suffer from its overhang.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, Review, Diary]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 02:33:25 +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[Fascism’s New Frontline: Universities, Nationalism And The Battle For Truth]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/26-Oct-2025/fascism-s-new-frontline-universities-nationalism-battle-truth]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Professor Jason Stanley&rsquo;s books How Fascism Works (2018) and Erasing History (2024) help understand backsliding democracy and the rise of authoritarianism.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 21:29:57 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Can A Muslim Hegemon Also Find Its Space In A Multipolar World?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[While attending the launch of an important new book on world order, my mind inevitably drifted to relating the subject to my own area of interest&mdash;the Muslim world.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Review, SPOTLIGHT, Strategy, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:05:19 +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[Witness To Change: A Sindhi Writer’s Recollection Of The 1990s]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/09-Oct-2025/witness-change-sindhi-writer-s-recollection-1990s]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Shaikh Moonis Ayaz, a scion of one of the great poets of the Sindhi language after Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, has authored this book of memories reflecting the days he spent at his alma mater, the University of Edinboro, Pennsylvania, USA, in the early 1990s.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anwer Abro]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Features, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Anwer Abro]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 22:01:16 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Tales From A World Where Everything Has A Soul]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Arsalan Qadeer (retired) was commissioned in an armoured regiment of the Pakistan Army in 1988.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Features, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2025 05:40:35 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How Diverse Was Karachi's Cricketing Golden Age?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/17-Sep-2025/how-diverse-was-karachi-s-cricketing-golden-age]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[A remarkable book has been added to cricket annals, and though a slim collection, its wealth and compilation of information makes it an important book not just for cricket fans, but those interested in the history of Karachi.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Saeed Husain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Cricket, Editor's Picks, Features, Heritage, History, Review, Sport]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Saeed Husain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 17:05:32 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo Offers A Scholarly Journey Into Sindh's History And Culture]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The Dr NA Baloch Institute of Heritage Research, Jamshoro, has recently published its 38th book, Hyderabad and Beyond: Historical and Cultural Insights.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Muhammad Habib Sanai]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Heritage, History, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Muhammad Habib Sanai]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:14:06 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Case For Killing Tourism]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Growing up, we are often told that travel makes us better as human beings.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, Review, Travel]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 03:52:37 +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[Is Love An Action Or A Feeling? Emily Henry’s Novel Ponders The Big Questions]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Emily Henry is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author known for her contemporary romance novels, often described as witty and charming, and frequently compared to the work of Nora Ephron.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Features, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 05:06:49 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Is The New Superman Movie Worth Seeing? ]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Superman was introduced in 1938.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Film, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 22:55:38 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[A Rare Insider's Account Of Pakistan's Left]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;There must be something rotten in the very core of a social system which increases its wealth without diminishing its misery.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zubair Ahmad]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zubair Ahmad]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 12:49:06 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Perpetual Outsiders: The Lingering Legacy of Anti-Chinese Racism]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Strangers in the Land is Michael Luo&rsquo;s exemplary analysis of Chinese immigration to the United States and how they were treated, usually quite poorly, once they arrived there.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, History, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 00:54:54 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Debunking The Myths: Ilan Pappé's Unflinching Exposé Of Zionist Colonialism]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Ilan Pappe has recently published Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic (2024), a concise primer A Very Short History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict (2024), and an updated version of Ten Myths About Israel (2024).]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 23:11:21 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Asymmetry Of Suffering: How Zionism Uses Victimhood As A Weapon]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened?&rdquo;
(Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings)
Sam&rsquo;s speech in the Lord of the Rings ends with an uplifting message to fight for some good in the world.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2025 13:51:07 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Decolonizing Genocide: Pankaj Mishra's Challenge To Western Complicity]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The election of Modi and Netanyahu to power for an extended period has shown the failure of democracy to contain right wing populism.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, History, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2025 14:27:57 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Living Truthfully - How Jennifer Finney Boylan Redefined Herself]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Jennifer Finney Boylan is the author of nineteen books, including her memoir She&rsquo;s Not There which was the first best-selling work by a transgender American.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Features, Pakistan General Elections, Perspective, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 03:17:21 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[A Hundred Years Of Rebellion: Marking Ruth First's 100th Birthday]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[This year already marks the birth centenaries of such legendary African intellectuals and anti-imperialists as Frantz Fanon and the Congolese patriot Patrice Lumumba, both of whom attracted significant interest from anticolonial and solidarity movements worldwide, including here in Pakistan; while 2024 marked the birth centenary of a revolutionary.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raza Naeem]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, History, Legacy, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Raza Naeem]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2025 15:38:22 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Megaliths to Mosques: Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro's Quest To Document Pothohar's Heritage]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Of all things about the Pothohar region of Pakistan, what fascinates me the most is its historic built environment.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sirat Gohar Daudpoto]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Sirat Gohar Daudpoto]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 16:59:40 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How A Successful Banker Tried To Impact Lives In Pakistan And Beyond]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[A career in international development banking is one of authority, glamour and responsibility.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Parvez Mahmood]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Economy, Editor's Picks, Features, Insight, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Parvez Mahmood]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 16:20:13 +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[From Card Games To Code – The Foundations Of A Tech Icon]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Bill Gates is one of the individuals who has changed our world today in more ways than we know.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, Legacy, Review, Technology]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2025 16:30:12 +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[Through Snowstorms And Scars: Han Kang’s Tale Of Friendship And Sacrifice]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/26-Feb-2025/through-snowstorms-and-scars-han-kang-s-tale-of-friendship-and-sacrifice]]></link>
										<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[Bruises On My Body And Soul: Tan Man Neel O Neel]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/22-Feb-2025/bruises-on-my-body-and-soul-tan-man-neel-o-neel]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Tan man Neel o Neel did not give us the ending we wanted.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zeinab Masud]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Entertainment, Features, Perspective, Review, Television]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zeinab Masud]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:46:03 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Farah Ali’s Haunting Debut Unveils The Silent Apocalypse Of Poverty And Climate Collapse]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/20-Feb-2025/farah-ali-s-haunting-debut-unveils-the-silent-apocalypse-of-poverty-and-climate-collapse]]></link>
										<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[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>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Culture, Features, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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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>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/09-Feb-2025/from-tigris-to-thames-elif-shafak-s-epic-journey-through-time-and-water]]></link>
										<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[Dictionary Of Indus Sufis And Saints ]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Khadim H Dahot&rsquo;s The Dictionary of Indus Sufis and Saints serves as a comprehensive resource for understanding the rich spiritual heritage of the Indus Valley, particularly in the province of Sindh, Pakistan.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Features, Heritage, History, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 02:26:35 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Does Squid Game Season 2 Live Up To The Hype?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/14-Jan-2025/does-squid-game-season-2-live-up-to-the-hype]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[If you were given a second chance at life, would you risk everything again? Viewers are left with this unsettling question as they return to the violent, high-stakes world of Squid Game.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Myra Bokhari]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Entertainment, Features, Lifestyle, Review, Television]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Myra Bokhari]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:52:37 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Of Sex, Lies And Perversion]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/12-Jan-2025/of-sex-lies-and-perversion]]></link>
										<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[An American Writer’s Journey To Palestine: Ta-Nehisi Coates Meets An Occupation]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/01-Jan-2025/an-american-professor-s-journey-to-palestine]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Organised tours to Israel are not rare.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Syed Amir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Features, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Syed Amir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 22:54:47 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Musharraf And Human Development: A View From The Ringside]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/31-Dec-2024/musharraf-and-human-development-a-view-from-the-ringside]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Ringside is an unusual and fascinating book by an erudite and patriotic Pakistani physician.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Sayed Amjad Hussain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Economy, Features, Perspective, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Sayed Amjad Hussain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 23:10:43 +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[A Combat Nurse's View Of The Vietnam Conflict]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The Women is a novel written about the role women played in combat in the Vietnam War by the best-selling author Kristin Hannah.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Features, History, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:03:47 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Mountbatten And The Great Divide: From Mighty Empire To 'Neutral Umpire'?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/07-Dec-2024/mountbatten-and-the-great-divide-from-mighty-empire-to-neutral-umpire]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[On the 10th February 1947, Prime Minister Clement Atlee made a historic speech to the Commons chamber stating that India would be granted independence by June the following year.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dilawar Hussain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Features, History, Perspective, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dilawar Hussain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2024 22:55:40 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Of Islam, the Abrahamic Faiths And A Global Values Vaccum]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Nov-2024/of-islam-the-abrahamic-faiths-and-a-global-values-vaccum]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The Flying Man, The Golden Age of Islam and Its Contribution to Science and Philosophy (Beacon Books, 2024, London) by Dr Akbar Ahmed is a must-read for anyone who wonders about the future of global stability and the ultimate condition of all humanity.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bishop John Bryson Chane]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, Review, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Bishop John Bryson Chane]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2024 15:05:08 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[A Homemaker And A Poet Fall In Love: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/23-Nov-2024/a-homemaker-and-a-poet-fall-in-love-what-could-possibly-go-wrong]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[If a matrimony ad were to be written for Mustafa Zaidi at his peak it would read: Poet, Bureaucrat, Recipient of Tamgha-e-Quaid-e-Azam, Romantic, Suicidal.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mehr Husain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature, Poetry, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mehr Husain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 23 Nov 2024 04:51:16 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Corporate Power And The Illusion Of Competition]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/21-Nov-2024/corporate-power-and-the-illusion-of-competition]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[A book by Denise Hearn and Vass Bednar is the latest from McGill Max Bell Lectures.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Economy, Editor's Picks, Features, Perspective, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 02:10:19 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[History Of Pakistan: Taking The Long View With Tahir Kamran]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The book under review is an ambitious attempt to write about the geographical area now known as Pakistan from the ancient civilizations of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro till the present day.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:44:37 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[A New Book Takes Us To Ancient Karachi And The Lives Of Its Inhabitants]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[If someone asked me to describe Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro&rsquo;s book in one or two lines, I would say, &ldquo;It is a book of words and marks about ancient Karachi.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, Heritage, History, Legacy, Review, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 05:05:24 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Dereliction Of Duty: General McMaster’s Stinging Critique Of US Involvement In Vietnam]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Much of the vast literature on Vietnam focuses on the conduct of the war and what happened after it ended.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, History, Legacy, Perspective, Review, Strategy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 20:32:56 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Who Will Save The Children Of Pakistan When It Comes To Education?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/09-Oct-2024/who-will-save-the-children-of-pakistan-when-it-comes-to-education]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[There&rsquo;s a special kind of legacy that the written word leaves, and it shines brighter in a world that is increasingly reliant on quick information &ndash; only for it to become old in this digital era.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mehr Husain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Education, Features, Perspective, Review, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mehr Husain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2024 16:24:38 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Revisiting Lord Mountbatten From A Pakistani Perspective]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/30-Sep-2024/revisiting-lord-mountbatten-from-a-pakistani-perspective]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The book Mountbatten, Cabinet Mission and Provincial Boundaries has been written by Prof Dr Mohammad Iqbal Chawla, an established and renowned historian of Pakistan.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Naumana Kiran]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Naumana Kiran]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 12:17:42 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[A Look At Four Of The Summer's Hottest Reads]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[ In The Land Of The Pure, Kenize Mourad
Pakistan isn&rsquo;t an easy country to explain and it is often difficult to capture in fiction given the overwhelming environment which is a challenge to describe.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mehr Husain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Features, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mehr Husain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2024 05:41:33 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Inside The Minds Of The Israeli Far Right]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[As summer's end draws closer, now would be a good time to ask: have you watched Errol Morris&rsquo; Academy Award-winning documentary The Fog of War (2003), in which he interviews Robert McNamara, the controversial US secretary of defence during the John F Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson administrations at the height of the Vietnam war? Or The.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadeem Khan]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nadeem Khan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 16:49:30 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[White Plague At Alhamra: Watching Zia Mohyeddin's Last Commissioned Play]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The White Plague, a play written by the prolific Czech playwright, Karel Čapek and adapted into Urdu and English by the multitalented Meher Jaffri, was performed in Lahore Arts Council (Alhamra) from the 4th of September to the 8th.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Javed Rathore]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Sara Javed Rathore]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 21:53:17 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Speaking Truth To Ourselves, With Muneeb Qadir]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Muneeb Qadir's monologue-styled debut book Paying the Price: Exploring Religious Extremism, Misogyny, Transphobia &amp; Class Apartheid in Present-Day Pakistan is a frank conversation that needed to be had.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nida Usman Chaudhry]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nida Usman Chaudhry]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 17 Aug 2024 23:07:33 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Those Trees Outlive Them – Jani Abro's First Engish Novel]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In his famous autobiography Memoirs, Pablo Neruda, the Chilean politician, diplomat, Nobel laureate and one of the finest poets of all times, mentions another eccentric Chilean intellectual, Omar Vignole (Vi&ntilde;ole) extensively as a picturesque, curious character.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohammad Ali Mahar]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mohammad Ali Mahar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 03 Aug 2024 16:12:20 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[General Firebrand And His Red Atlas: Encapsulating Hope, Resistance And Resilience]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Captivating, fast-paced and dystopian &ndash; Tathagata Bhattacharya&rsquo;s epic debut fantasy fiction General Firebrand and His Red Atlas (buy this book) weaves an intricate web of reality and mercurial fancy, eliciting a response of yearning and awe for its cornucopia of frenetic characters.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sabin Muzaffar]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Sabin Muzaffar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2024 16:03:54 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[In Memory Of A Pakistani Cult Classic]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Cult Classic: 
noun: Something, typically a film or book, that is popular or fashionable among a particular group or section of society.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadeem Farooq Paracha]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nadeem Farooq Paracha]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2024 16:24:24 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Earthly Matters Is A Book That Cultivates Green Wisdom]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Nasir Panhwar is among the few professionals who have dedicated themselves to writing about environmental and ecological issues in Sindh.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Climate Crisis, Environment, Features, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2024 02:47:44 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Afghanistan Under The Taliban: Is There A Future?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Afghanistan suffers from chronic instability since the 1980s if not before.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Ejaz Hussain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Book Review, Books, Economy, Review, Strategy, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr Ejaz Hussain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2024 22:57:35 +0500</pubDate>

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