Pakistan Fiction

Before the Soviet invasion of 1980, Enjeela Ahmadi remembers her home - Kabul, Afghanistan - as peaceful, prosperous, and filled with people from all walks of life. But after her mother, unsettled by growing political unrest, leaves for medical treatment in India, the civil war intensifies, changing young Enjeela’s life forever. Amid the rumble of invading Soviet tanks, Enjeela and her family are thrust into chaos and fear when it becomes clear that her mother will not be coming home.

Meet Princess Zoya, a young girl with a big heart and even bigger speed! Born in the land of Pakistan, Zoya might seem like any other child, but she has a special gift—she’s the fastest person around!

In New Jersey, Parviz Amritzar is mourning for his family - killed by a US airstrike back in Pakistan - and vowing revenge against his adoptive country. He devises a plan to shoot down Air Force One and gets a lucky break when he reaches a terrorist contact who knows how he can obtain a surface-to-air missile from the Russians. When the CIA picks up on the rumors of this plot, they call on Malko Linge to carefully observe the would-be terrorist. But as soon as Malko thinks he has a handle on the situation, everything changes.

L'amore impossibile tra Rima e Nael, lei cristiana e lui musulmano, nella Damasco divisa dalla guerra. La rabbia di Razia, medico in un ospedale nel Sud del Pakistan, che opera pazienti sfregiate dagli uomini. L'arresto di Eman, che nel suo blog ha difeso per anni i diritti delle donne saudite, messa a tacere proprio quando la monarchia concede loro di guidare l'auto. Il gesto indimenticabile di Vida, la ragazza che in via Enghelab, via della Rivoluzione, a Teheran, si toglie il velo bianco e lo sventola come una bandiera: non per la resa, ma per la guerra.

These poems are English interpretations of poems originally written in Urdu and Punjabi. Interpretations are not translations. The interpretations capture the essence of the poem rather than the form and specifics of the original language.