Category: Arts

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ایک دن میری دادی نے میرے والد سے پوچھا کہ انہوں نے مجھے کیوں مارا…

How To…

Honorary contributors to DesPardes: Adil Khan, Ajaz Ahmed, Anwar Abbas, Arif Mirza, Aziz Ahmed, Bawar…

‘Heech’ or ‘Nothingness’: The Face of a Dervish

The art of attaining closeness to God via the annihilation of the ego which includes not…

Africa’s Century of Growth?

On Morten Jerven’s The Wealth and Poverty of African States (Cambridge University Press, 2022) Review…

The Hunt For Red October

IRSHAD SALIM: Every year, as October comes, I recall a few nuggets from my memory…

Karachi is Volatile, But London is Bland

Kamila Shamsie’s new novel, “Best of Friends” chosen as a book of 2022 by The…

The Photographic Search for True Pakistan

Girls and kids are us – in Islamabad: Irshad Salim, Karachi. Pics and videos using…

Dr. Lucas Inventor of The Cloud Ends Up in ‘Greeneria’: Novel By Jamil Usman

Jamil Usman’s latest book “The Cloud” is an English novel for children. It’s a science…

BOOK: The Song of the Cell

Explaining difficult ideas in terms that are both straightforward and interesting GOOGLE READS: From the…

Art World to Mark 50 Years Since Pablo Picasso’s Death

The art world has mobilized to stage “an unprecedented” 42 exhibitions marking 50 years since…

How Mathematics Changed Me

If one is inclined toward mysteries, mathematics can lead one to the conclusion that behind…

How Arab Filmmakers Investigate the Desert and the Peninsula

Film curator, writer and academic Roisin Tapponi looks at how contemporary Arabic filmmakers use thirst…