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Bilal Tanweer
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Gregor Samsa, the vermin: Reading Franz Kafka’s ‘The Metamorphosis’ while Palestinians are killed
Ironically, it was Kafka, a Jewish writer, who perhaps best understood the Palestinians’ predicament, says writer Bilal Tanweer.
Bilal Tanweer
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‘Parasite’: Read the story that co-won the Jawad Memorial Prize 2021 for Urdu-to-English translation
Bilal Tanweer’s translation of ‘Parasite’ (‘Keera’) by Bilal Hasan Minto was the joint winner with Aalim Akhtar’s translation of ‘Hari Bol’ by Zakia Mashhadi.
Bilal Hasan Minto & Bilal Tanweer
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Bilal Tanweer’s 'The Scatter Here is Too Great': Winner, Shakti Bhatt First Book prize
The Lahore-based Bilal Tanweer knits disparate strands around a single incident of a bombing at the Cantt Station in Karachi. Here’s the story of Comrade the poet.
Bilal Tanweer
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