Silence in Karachi: Stories from an Embattled City
Location
Massey Board Room
Presentation Type
Presentation
Start Date
16-9-2011 10:00 AM
Description
Rafia Zakaria, Belmont alum and author of the forthcoming book Silence in Karachi, tells the story of growing up in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city and home to 18 million people. In tracing her family’s arrival in the years after Partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, Zakaria tells the story of a city built on dreams and hope after the largest movement of people in human history and its current position on the frontlines of the war on terror.
Recommended Citation
Zakaria, Rafia, "Silence in Karachi: Stories from an Embattled City" (2011). Humanities Symposium. 19.
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium/2011/2011/19
Silence in Karachi: Stories from an Embattled City
Massey Board Room
Rafia Zakaria, Belmont alum and author of the forthcoming book Silence in Karachi, tells the story of growing up in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city and home to 18 million people. In tracing her family’s arrival in the years after Partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, Zakaria tells the story of a city built on dreams and hope after the largest movement of people in human history and its current position on the frontlines of the war on terror.
Comments
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