Alone As I Am / Jaise Main Tanha Hun
From our ninth issue, a beautiful poem by Azra Abbas translated from the Urdu by Muhammad Umar Memon
Read MoreMuhammad Umar Memon is Professor Emeritus of Urdu literature and Islamic Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a critic, short-story writer, and has translated and edited half a dozen anthologies of Urdu fictional writing.
Recounting Irregular Verbs and Counting She-Goats
Muhammad Umar Memon writes about the literary significance of the red light district and underbelly of a country like Pakistan, beginning with the country’s controversial author Saadat Hasan Manto.
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Empty Bench / Khaali Bench
Muhammad Umar Memon translated Azra Abbas’s haunting poem, featured in our ninth issue.
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Lucky Vikki
Part of our special feature on contemporary Pakistani writers in the ninth issue, Muhammad Umar Memon’s piece translated from the Urdu.
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