• Ananke Women In Literature Festival Announces More Speakers

    Ananke Women In Literature Festival Announces More Speakers

    Eminent names from across South Asia, MENA and beyond will be gracing the third edition of Ananke’s Women in Literature Festival 2023 on April 11th and 12th. Independent publishers, authors, filmmakers, artists, writers and creatives will congregate remotely to engage in dialogue focusing on a wide ranging array of...
  • Distinguished speakers to talk about the loss of linguistic repression due to hyper-nationalist fascism and spatial dislocation of form and language.

    AnankeWLF Unwraps the Migratory Experience of Language

    Joao Guimarães Rosa says so beautifully that ‘every word has its shadow’. Taking cue from the Brazilian novelist’s exposition, Ananke’s Women in Literature Festival unveils a fascinating conversation that will delve into the migratory experience of language through translation and interpretation. Eminent names from across South Asia, MENA and beyond will...
  • AnankeWLF unveils Illustrated Resistance

    AnankeWLF unveils Illustrated Resistance

    Art and the visual has played a pivotal role in the socio-political history of humanity. Existing since the time when mankind had limited modes of communication as well as vocabulary, it is an organic canvas representing ideas – shared and otherwise – riveting emotions and angst. Keeping in mind...
  • Ananke Women in Literature Unveils Session on Arab Women in Literature vis-vis War, Resilience, Exile & Identity

    Ananke Women in Literature Unveils Session on Arab Women in Literature vis-a-vis War, Resilience, Exile & Identity

    The third edition of Ananke’s one of a kind flagship event, Women in Literature Festival 2023 unveils a fascinating panel discussion featuring distinguished names from the Arab diaspora, Huda Fakhreddinne, Jehan Bseiso and Lela Aboulela. The event will be live-streamed on Ananke’s Facebook page – @anankemag with the option...
  • I love being a woman but it gets hard sometimes

    I love being a woman but it gets hard sometimes

    In her journal, my mother wrote about how lucky she was that her father had taken her to school despite this not being a common practice during that time. Having lived in a rural area all her life, going to school in the city was the utmost privilege. She...
  • Hardships are meant to make you not break you!

    Hardships are meant to make you not break you

    Although life is always uncertain, I didn’t fully understand its significance until I experienced it. My mother passed away when I was a teenager and, on my way, to completing my O levels. I felt stunned by how abrupt and unexpected it was. Being the family’s eldest daughter, I...
  • The Women Who Gave Me Wings

    The Women Who Gave Me Wings

    Reverie Publishers through its label, Moringa Books, has announced the publication of ‘The Women Who Gave Me Wings,’ written by Zainab Suleman Sharif. This book, in the spirit of holy month of Ramadhan, celebrates women who have played a vital part in spreading the message of Islam. The book...
  • AnankeWLF: Kehkashan Khalid on finding a hint of the fantastical in speculative fiction

    AnankeWLF: Kehkashan Khalid on finding a hint of the fantastical in speculative fiction

    You’re an artist, as well as a writer. How did these two professions complement each other for you? Do tell us about your journey in both. My art and my writing share a similar creative process. I start with the seed of an idea, I define which medium I...
  • Ananke WLF - Rohama Malik on the power of illustrated storytelling

    Ananke WLF – Rohama Malik on the power of illustrated storytelling

    You are a writer and an illustrator— two wonderfully complementary professions. Do tell us about your journey, the challenges, and what has kept you going. I’ve been a bookworm since I was a child, very much the ‘bringing a book to a wedding and sitting in the corner finishing...
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