Critical Muslim 4 : Pakistan?

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462860303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [London, England] : , : [Hurst], , [2012]; ©[2012]
• ISBN: 1-84904-388-4; 1-84904-381-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (397 p.)
• Collana: Critical Muslim ; ; v.4
• Disciplina: 297.095491
• Soggetti: Islam - Pakistan; Electronic books.; Pakistan History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright Page; Title Page; Contents; PAKISTAN?; INTRODUCTION: THAT QUESTION MARK; WHY ISN'T IT EXPLODING?; KARACHI IN FRAGMENTS; PESHAWAR BLUES; QUETTA DIVISIONS; BREAKING NEWS; BEYOND THE IMAGINARIUM; FOUND IN TRANSLATION; IBN-E-SAFI, BA; PAPERBACK WRITERS; COKE STUDIO; DISCOVERING THE MATRIX; NOT TALKING ABOUT PAKISTAN; ART AND LETTERS; SHORT STORY: PRINCESS MAHRUKH AND THE MAGIC HORSE; SHORT STORY: KIRATPUR; POEMS; ATIA JILANI: WRITING THE QUR'AN; ET CETERA; ASSESSMENT: IMRAN KHAN; TEN THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT PAKISTAN; CITATIONS; LAST WORD: ON VISITING PAKISTAN; CONTRIBUTORS
• Sommario/riassunto: Ziauddin Sardar questions the question mark that is always placed in front of Pakistan, Robin Yassin-Kassab asks why Pakistan has not imploded, Taimur Khan breaks bread with the gangsters and bookies of Karachi, Muhammad Idrees Ahmad revisits Peshawar, Mahvish Ahmad tracks down the separatist in Quetta, Ehsan Masood watches Pakistani television, Merryl Wyn Davies deconstructs 'imaginariums' of Pakistan, Aamer Hussein discusses Pakistani modern classic fiction, Bina Shah asks if there is boom in Pakistani literature, Bilal Tanweer listens to 'Coke Studio', Muneeza Shamsie discovers the literary