"Abe Hayat English Edition" is an enchanting novel written by acclaimed Pakistani author Adeeb Ullah. This literary masterpiece takes readers on an emotional and spiritual journey, delving deep into the complexities of human nature, relationships, and the pursuit of divine love.Set against the backdrop of modern-day Pakistan, "Abe Hayat" follows the lives of its central characters, Abeeha and Hayat. Abeeha, a young woman with a troubled past, struggles to find her place in society ...

*Winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize*'Malala is an inspiration to girls and women all over the world' J K Rowling'Inspirational and powerful' GRAZIA'For sheer inspiration read I Am Malala' SUNDAY TIMES'A tale of immense courage and conviction' INDEPENDENT'She has the heart and courage of a lioness and is a true inspiration' Lorraine Kelly, THE SUN

Some journeys exist in the mind. Bir Bahadur Singh is haunted by the longing to return. Forced to leave his village in Pakistan during Partition in traumaticcircumstances, he makes the journey back, fifty-four years later, to pick up the connections from that long past time. In that wrenching journey, he meets his old friend who now lives in his childhood home and exchanges banter with him and with many other lost acquaintances. For those few hours Bir Bahadur is there, the past com...

The U.S. literary debut of an up-and-coming Pakistani novelist and journalist. The last three months of Benazir Bhutto’s life — from her arrival back in Pakistan on October 18, 2007, to her untimely death in a shooting-cum-suicide bombing on December 27th– is told through the eyes of a young television journalist in Bina Shah’s intense confessional novel A Season for Martyrs. The estranged son of a wealthy landowner from the interior region of Sindh, Ali Sikandar, is assigned by his produc...

Sara is a philosophy professor at Kuwait University. Her relationship with Kuwait is complicated; it is a country she recognises less and less. Yet since her return from the States eleven years earlier, a certain inertia has kept her there. When she is accused of blasphemy, which carries with it the threat of execution, Sara realises she must reconcile her feelings and her place in the world once and for all. Awaiting trial, Sara retraces the past, intent on examining the lives of the wome...

I have spent more than six years and three tours of my health care career living and working in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is a country that is modern and on the move but yet it is still very deeply involved in customs and traditions. Upon my first tour to the country I arrived in the country without an Abaya (the traditional female covering) and I was very afraid and uncomfortable as everyone stared at me. When I went to the hospital and was introduced to my Saudi boss, the...

The mutawas, the dreaded religious police of Saudi Arabia, consider themselves the supreme guardians of public morality. They are keepers of their faith the way they see it. They have the backing of the Kingdom and they are watching you - everywhere, all the time.And, they are ruthless with anybody who does not conform to their concept of what is right and wrong.They will come for you if you drink. If you grow your hair long. If you are seen with a female who is not a blood...

An Iranian-American explains the history and heritage of his people, in both the old world and the new.From Persia to Tehr Angeles is a fascinating look at everything from Persia's ancient past to the modern world of Persian-American immigrants in places like Los Angeles—offering a rich, rounded view a culture many are unfamiliar with.For those who are part of this history, their friends and families, or anyone interested in this corner of the worl...

The book tells the social and cultural values, likes and dislikes, and preferences of the people of different regions in different parts of the world, particularly of fifteen countries where the author worked as an engineer on irrigation projects.

Desi (pronounced they-see) tales is a humorous take on lesser written about elements of Pakistani and Indian culture. From a young generation of liberal leftists that baffle everyone, Pakistan television soap operas, credit card debt, the odd recruits of a well meaning MSA president, reluctant suitors, scarves, mosque administrations to people with unusual shopping habits. Desi tales is a view askew of modern Indian and Pakistani expatriate culture.

Meet MALALA Yousafzai, the brave and brilliant activist who survived being shot in the head aged 15 to keep fighting for all girls to receive and education.Find out:- How an earthquake literally rocked her world,- Why everyone forgot her twelfth birthday- And how she became the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize.Get to know MALALA on First Name terms.

When you applied for work in Saudi Arabia, didn't you think you would work for a few years, make a pile, marry off your daughter or sister, build a home, and retire to the good life?When you paid the huge commission to the recruitment agent and a large fee for your visa, did anybody tell you the bad news?That your contract may be 'renegotiated' once you land in Saudi Arabia. You may not be paid your salary for months. You may have to sleep in chains. You may be falsely char...