Mustafa Qadri

Granta may be showcasing Pakistan’s English language writers, but this is only the tip of an artistic iceberg Mustafa Qadri, guardian.co.uk, Sunday 10 October 2010, 14.00 BST It is no coincidence that a wealth of literary talent has arisen in Pakistan as the country faces unprecedented challenges. Like all our artists, the stories our authors [...]

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Mustafa Qadri

Last Updated: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:24:00 +1000

People in a Pakistani frontier region threatened by the Taliban are trying to preserve a culture rich in poetry and dance from religious extremism.

The culture of the ethnic Pashtun peoples often delights in worldly pleasures – like sex and alcohol – considered un-Islamic by religious conservatives.

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In 2000, then education minister Yossi Sarid suggested including some of Darwish’s poems in the Israeli high school curriculum, but then prime minister Ehud Barak overruled him, saying Israel was not ready yet for his ideas in the school system.

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