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Saba Imtiaz
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Writer. New book, w/ Tooba Masood: Society Girl — A Tale of Sex, Lies, and Scandal. sabaimtiaz.com societygirlbook.com
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Saba Imtiaz @sabaimtiaz.bsky.social · Mar 19
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Saba Imtiaz @sabaimtiaz.bsky.social · Mar 19
I sat with these thoughts for a long time, a rant until I realised it had to be more — I wrote about shamelessness, shame, and silence about Palestine in Pakistan’s literary scene today, and how this could be different — for my column at Dunya Digital: dunyadigital.co/columns/will...
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Claire Chambers @clarachambara.bsky.social · Mar 16
True crime in Pakistan! www.dawn.com/news/1898250...
COLUMN: ‘TRUE CRIME’ IN PAKISTAN
‘True crime’ has existed in some guise since the late 19th century, but it got its name in the 1960s. Books in...
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Saba Imtiaz @sabaimtiaz.bsky.social · Mar 17
On Society Girl, our podcast Notes on a Scandal, and the true crime genre in Pakistan! societygirlbook.com
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Saba Imtiaz @sabaimtiaz.bsky.social · Mar 11
New work! I profiled the genre jumping, playlist fixture Pakistani musician Natasha Noorani; this is a piece about ambition and archives, an innate sense of what it is to burn, be burned, and to make music about it all. For Dunya Digital: dunyadigital.co/blog/the-irr...
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Saba Imtiaz @sabaimtiaz.bsky.social · Mar 9
delighted to have contributed a true gem of a book from Pakistan for this!
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Vittles Magazine @vittles.bsky.social · Mar 9
We asked ten of our favourite writers and cookbook experts, from Anissa Helou to Rachel Roddy, to recommend a cookbook that has not been translated or published in the UK. The result is this odd, singular and brilliant compilation of beloved cookbooks!

www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/cookbooks-...
Cookbooks in Translation
A compilation of great non-English cookbooks, by Guan Chua, Christie Dietz, Anissa Helou, Ibrahim Hirsi, Saba Imtiaz, TW Lim, Lutivini Majanja, Meher Mirza, Marie Mitchell & Rachel Roddy.
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Vittles Magazine @vittles.bsky.social · Mar 9
Our first Sunday supplement is out today and it’s all about cookbooks - why we love them, why sometimes we don’t, and the feeling there may be too many.

Five essays and guides, featuring Jonathan Meades, Yemisi Aribisala, Rosa Lyster, Ruby Tandoh & more!

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Too Many Cookbooks: A Vittles Sunday Supplement
By Jonathan Meades, Yemisí Aríbisálà, Rosa Lyster, Ruby Tandoh, Guan Chua, Christie Dietz, Anissa Helou, Ibrahim Hirsi, Saba Imtiaz, TW Lim, Lutivini Majanja, Meher Mirza, Marie Mitchell, Rachel Roddy
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Saba Imtiaz @sabaimtiaz.bsky.social · Mar 5
Got back into coding while knitting and thinking through the question: how long does it take to knit a sweater? sabaimtiaz.github.io/knitting-blo... #knitting #cursor
A story of knitting stats, round one – Knit, Purl, Code
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ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · Feb 25
Ibtisam Azem’s ‘Book of Disappearance’ Makes 2025 International Booker Longlist

FEBRUARY 25, 2025 -- Ibtisam Azem's Book of Disappearance, translated by Sinan Antoon has made the thirteen-book longlist for the 2025 International Booker. Azem's Book of Disappearance was published in Antoon's…
Ibtisam Azem’s ‘Book of Disappearance’ Makes 2025 International Booker Longlist
FEBRUARY 25, 2025 -- Ibtisam Azem's Book of Disappearance, translated by Sinan Antoon has made the thirteen-book longlist for the 2025 International Booker. Azem's Book of Disappearance was published in Antoon's translation by Syracuse University Press in 2018 and happily got a second life when it came out from UK publisher And Other Stories in 2024. Azem's novel centers on the sudden disappearance of all Palestinians living across historic Palestine, both in occupied territories and Israel.
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Saba Imtiaz @sabaimtiaz.bsky.social · Feb 10
Some more reviews here! societygirlbook.com/press.html & you can buy the book here: a.co/d/ac1E1F7
Press!
Society Girl / Notes on a Scandal podcast / Mustafa Zaidi and Shahnaz Gul
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Saba Imtiaz @sabaimtiaz.bsky.social · Feb 10
"A fluid, immaculately researched text, Society Girl opens the portal for a discussion about an interesting facet of our social history." -- Society Girl: A Tale of Sex, Lies, and Scandal reviewed in The News on Sunday www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1...
The death of a poet | Literati | thenews.com.pk
New book revisits scandal, poetry and the ‘first jet-set murder’ in Pakistan
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Vittles Magazine @vittles.bsky.social · Feb 10
“‘I will not leave even if they bring a bulldozer and bury us.’ she added. ‘Let it be our tomb.’”

Today’s essay by Manal Shqair is about nomadic-pastoralist communities in Masafer Yatta in Palestine, and Israel’s destruction of their food sovereignty.

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Starving Palestine
Israeli colonialism and the struggle for food sovereignty in Masafer Yatta. Words by Manal Shqair. Photographs by Ali Awad.
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RMJ @rebeccamayjohnson.bsky.social · Feb 10
Today's feature on @vittles.bsky.social , essential reading

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Starving Palestine
Israeli colonialism and the struggle for food sovereignty in Masafer Yatta. Words by Manal Shqair. Photographs by Ali Awad.
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Saba Imtiaz @sabaimtiaz.bsky.social · Feb 3
thank you! it was a journey and a half but such a learning experience.
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Saba Imtiaz @sabaimtiaz.bsky.social · Jan 27
A little over two months since my latest book came out! Society Girl — A Tale of Sex, Lies, and Scandal, with Tooba Masood Khan; a true crime story wrapped in a social history of Pakistan in the 70s. Available now in India and Pakistan, and on the Kindle store societygirlbook.com
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Saba Imtiaz @sabaimtiaz.bsky.social · Jan 30
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Saba Imtiaz @sabaimtiaz.bsky.social · Jan 30
making little #knitting supercuts with 2000s blogspot energy
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Saba Imtiaz @sabaimtiaz.bsky.social · Jan 27
A little over two months since my latest book came out! Society Girl — A Tale of Sex, Lies, and Scandal, with Tooba Masood Khan; a true crime story wrapped in a social history of Pakistan in the 70s. Available now in India and Pakistan, and on the Kindle store societygirlbook.com
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