Pakistani Women Writers Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/category/contemporary-women-writers/pakistani-women-writers/ Wed, 09 Oct 2013 14:42:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Revolt by Qaisra Shahraz, Released October 7, 2013 https://booksbywomen.org/revolt-by-qaisra-shahraz-released-october-7-2013/ https://booksbywomen.org/revolt-by-qaisra-shahraz-released-october-7-2013/#respond Wed, 09 Oct 2013 03:19:34 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=9953 Revolt by Qaisra Shahraz is Launched Arcadia Press launched Revolt by the international best-selling English / Pakistani author Qaisra Shahraz. We have been following her international travels to exotic literary festivals in China, India, Indonesia, Germany just to name a few. In preparation for Qaisra stepping up as Site Sponsor for Women Writers, Women Books, […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/revolt-by-qaisra-shahraz-released-october-7-2013/feed/ 0 9953 Italian Author Elena Doni: Writing Fakhra Younas’ Life Story https://booksbywomen.org/italian-author-elena-doni-writing-fakhra-younas-life-story/ https://booksbywomen.org/italian-author-elena-doni-writing-fakhra-younas-life-story/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2012 08:12:41 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=4399 Backstory. The memoir, “Il volto cancellato” by Fakhra Younas with Elena Doni, is the story of a Pakistani woman who started life in Karachi’s red light district, became famous as a dancer and movie star, and then was unspeakably disfigured by an acid attack. Fakhra married her “prince”, the son of the former governor of Pakistan’s […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/italian-author-elena-doni-writing-fakhra-younas-life-story/feed/ 5 4399 Harnessing The Muse – How To Stay Inspired https://booksbywomen.org/harnessing-the-muse-how-to-stay-inspired-by-shaheen-hashmat/ https://booksbywomen.org/harnessing-the-muse-how-to-stay-inspired-by-shaheen-hashmat/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 17:20:49 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=4297 Art is anything and everything that stirs the emotions. To create art requires an understanding of emotion; a clear sense of how lived experience impacts and expresses our inner world. We writers, like every other type of artist, gain inspiration from the world around us and from our own experiences. A lot of people believe […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/harnessing-the-muse-how-to-stay-inspired-by-shaheen-hashmat/feed/ 7 4297 When the Story Hurts too Much: Fakhra Younas’ Life and Memoir https://booksbywomen.org/when-the-story-hurts-too-much-fakhra-younas-life-and-memoir/ https://booksbywomen.org/when-the-story-hurts-too-much-fakhra-younas-life-and-memoir/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:55:50 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=3768 When a woman tells her story, writes her memoir, she is writing her own history. She becomes visible to history; part of the human narrative. Telling her truth, her experience and wisdom, she leaves her legacy. When the life lived hurts too much… it’s hard to write, and hard to tell. And when the story told […]

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