Readers United

A Multan-based book club where young readers read books and discuss them every month.
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But when I wrote plays, I could use silent speech—I could use silence—in a completely different way. All I had to do was write ‘pause’ and the silent speech was right there. This word ‘pause’ is without a doubt the most important word in my plays

Jon Fosse on How Writing Plays

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امیروں کی ہمدردی میں ہمدردی کم دل آزاری زیادہ ہوتی ہے۔

عوض سعید، پہلی تنخواہ

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کہ مچھروں بھری گرم رات کے بعد ایک سہانی صبح طلوع ہو گی، یا مکھیوں سے بھنبھناتی دو پہر کے اختتام پر ایک ایسی شام ہوگی جب چیلیں اور کوے اپنے گھونسلوں میں واپس جا کر آنکھیں موند چکے ہوں گے۔

شفقت نغمی ، سات جنم

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معجزوں کا انتظار ہی آپ کو پاکستان میں صحیح الحواس رکھ سکتا ہے۔ معجزے کبھی ہوتے نہیں دیکھے لیکن اس سے بھلا کیا فرق پڑتا ہے؟ بحیثیت قوم ہمیں مستقل مزاج سمجھا جائے یا مجبور ، تاہم سات عشروں کے بعد بھی یہ امید قائم ہے

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It is a first sign of wisdom to realize no one is without a perspective, a stance, a position from which they view the world. There is no "objective" or neutral perspective on reality.

Journalism: why it matters, Michael Schudson

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Soon will be out

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It seems the World Cup trophy made it to Gaza before anywhere else.
This is from an israeli air strike in al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza today

[Mosab Abu Toha @MosabAbuToha]

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya’s message to the court today as relayed by his attorney:

“I am a pediatrician. I provide medical care to patients, the injured, and vulnerable people in the Gaza Strip. I have carried out my work in accordance with international law and humanitarian standards. My detention is unjust and arbitrary.”

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Searching for connection: Japan's loneliness crisis
A documentary by @AJEnglish

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BREAKING: First image from the ongoing hearing of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya before the Israeli Supreme Court in occupied Jerusalem. The image shows signs of severe exhaustion, as well as apparent marks of torture and ill-treatment.

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Searching for connection: Japan's loneliness crisis
A documentary by @AJEnglish

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A compelling story translated by an exceptional reader and writer. It will be soon on your reading table. I can't wait too much to read it in Urdu.

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M: What are you afraid of?
E:   Not having a home. Not being at home until the end of my time.

Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home in the 21st Century, Ece Temelkuran @ETemelkuran

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یہ بولا دلی کے کتے سے گاؤں کا کتا
کہاں سے سیکھی ادا تو نے دم دبانے کی
وہ بولا دم کے دبانے کو بزدلی نہ سمجھ
جگہ کہاں ہے یہاں دم تلک ہلانے کی

ساغر خیامی

#ThirdSpace

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Revolutionaries must remain human throughout their struggle. Otherwise, what kind of revolution would these angry, repressed people make? Whom would it serve?

Vivian Gornick

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Young people, most of them first-time voters, organising without being paid to, travelling to rallies without being bused in, following court proceedings in real time, learning the names of constitutional clauses.

M Kamran Fiaz

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“Some people believe that art and literature must be kept far from politics,” Yáng told the audience. “But I believe that literature cannot be separated from the soil in which it has grown.”

https://t.co/QuNyTMR8kE

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I hope you find the best way to love and be loved.

Gabriela Weiner, Undiscovered

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Coming in August by Gaza Poets Society.

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The colonizer is white. History is white and male.

Gabriela Weiner, Undiscovered

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