Author’s Prayer / Dua-e-Sukhnoor
From our ninth issue, Ilyas Babar Awan’s version of ‘Author’s Prayer’ is the first Urdu translation of Ilya Kaminsky’s work.
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Editor’s Letter: “On Freedom”
In a first for the The Missing Slate’s Editor, Maryam Piracha writes what “freedom” means for a head scarf wearing Editor of a liberal arts magazine in Pakistan.
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To Reality and Beyond!
In this essay, Senior Articles Editor Aaron Grierson writes about freedom in the digital age and just what it means in the ever-expanding Information Age.
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A Word from the Creative Director
Creative Director Moeed Tariq takes on a subject especially dear to him in his letter to The Missing Slate’s readership…
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Introduction to the Pakistan Writers Feature
Literary critic and editor Muneeza Shamsie writes about the talents featured in this issue – a rich tapestry of contemporary Pakistani poets and authors.
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Summer 2013 — The “Freedom” Issue
In its Summer 2013 issue and a departure from our rigid structure, The Missing Slate presents its Table of Contents, to be updated weekly.
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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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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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