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Qaisra’s Blog
Islamabad February 2013
Between the 18th and 23rd February, Qaisra will be in Islamabad as a guest of the Pakistan Academy of Letters and will be lecturing at local universities including The Quaid Azam university,Fatima Jinnah Womens university AND NUML
Prizes and Awards
Prizes and awards 1988 Commonword Prize (New Horizons, New Spheres) 1994 Ian St James Award (Perchavah) Shortlisted for 2002 Asian Women of Achievement Awards (Arts category) (shortlist) 2003 Jubilee Award for The Holy Woman Shortlisted for 2003 Muslim News Awards...
Beijing Bookworm 2012
Interview with Qaisra .. This week in Beijing, we caught up with prize-winning and critically acclaimed novelist and scriptwriter Qaisra Shahraz at her talk moderated by Asian Literary Review editor Kathleen Hwang. Born in Pakistan, she has lived in the UK...
News and Media
British Muslim Women in the Cultural and Creative Industries. Preface by Qaisra Shahraz, Elinor Chohan.
Book Launch event on Eventbrite 14th June 2022.
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On 18th March 2022 Qaisra Shahraz appeared in German newspaper Braunschweiger Zeitung: “Discussion in Vöhrum: I’m a Muslim, but not a terrorist”, qiving a talk to school children in Vöhrum. More here.
Art & empowerment: What to expect from the Muslim Women’s Arts Festival. More here.
Muslim Women’s Arts Festival – when the new event in Manchester takes place and what is on. More here.
The power of words: The best literature events happening at MACFEST 2022. More here.
Arts festival launched after arena bombing to combat Islamophobia returns for 2022 – Quays News. More here.
