Manto’s Nuances of Freedom
Features Editor Sana Hussain writes of Pakistan’s arguably most controversial writer in Urdu and how the troubled writer coped with 1947’s partition from India.
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The Five Kinds of Aunties
A critical review of established Pakistani socialites… by returning contributing writer Thirteen
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The Moral of the Story
Morality is difficult enough in life, but morality in literature spans a much richer tapestry writes Maria Amir.
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Wearing the Pants in Publishing
Oxford University Press Pakistan’s Managing Director, Ms. Ameena Saiyid has nearly singlehandedly, turned the country’s publishing and literary scenes on their head. Ghausia Rashid Salam writes about Ms. Saiyid’s journey and why being a woman in a man’s world has made all the difference.
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Literature & Censorship: A Tainted History
From our eighth issue, Sana Hussain writes about the frayed but still consistent relationship between creation and censorship.
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Adapting to the Classics
In which the writer argues films, however refined a medium, cannot (and never will) hold a candle to the novels upon which they are based.
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Belonging & Identity Through Literature
In the seventh issue’s cover feature, Sana Hussain writes about the constant quest for belonging in literature from the Lost Generation up to and including the twenty first century.
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A Letter From Dhaka
by Jacob Silkstone
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Writing in Perspective – A Conversation with Ilona Yusuf
In an exclusive, The Missing Slate got the chance to sit with Pakistani poet Ilona Yusuf at the Islamabad Literature Festival on April 30. From politics, reading culture and advice for aspiring literati, we’d like to believe we have it all. Read on.
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Oxford University Press Pakistan: Museum & Archives
The Oxford University Press Pakistan Museum & Archives in pictures. Photographed by The Missing Slate’s Nabiha Zeeshan with accompanying text by Ghausia Rashid Salam.
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