Dispatches from Pakistan

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Dispatches from Pakistan reveals the complexities, the challenges, and the joys of daily life in the country, from the poetry of Gilgit to the graffiti of Gwadar, from an army barrack in Punjab to the urban politics of Karachi. This timely book brings together journalists, activists, academics, and artists to provide a rich, in-depth, and intriguing portrait of contemporary Pakistani society.

Madiha R. Tahir is an independent journalist based in Pakistan. Her work has appeared in Foreign Affairs, the National, Columbia Journalism Review, Wall Street Journal, Herald (Pakistan), and Friday Times. Qalandar Bux Memon is the editor of Naked Punch, a philosophy, art, and politics platform. He is assistant professor in politic science at Forman Christian University, Lahore. Vijay Prashad is George and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian History and professor of international studies at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. He has authored and edited numerous books including The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World; The Karma of Brown Folk (Minnesota, 1999); and Dispatches from the Arab Spring (Minnesota, 2013).