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Art Forum SF presents Virtually SALA (South Asian Literature & Arts), live series episode 2, on March 28, 2021, from 10:00 am to 11:30 am PST.
Emerging women in today’s pakistan
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Pakistan
in a new light and it’s high life.
in conversation with Moni Mohsin.
Moni Mohsin, born and
raised in Lahore, Pakistan, is an
author and a journalist. She began her career at The Friday Times,
Pakistan’s first independent weekly newspaper, where she started her long-running,
satirical column The Diary of a Social Butterfly. Moni has written
four works of fiction — two novels, The End of Innocence and Tender
Hooks aka Duty-Free and two books of collected Butterfly columns, The
Diary of a Social Butterfly and The Return of the Butterfly. Her
latest novel is The Impeccable Integrity of Ruby R.
Hamna Zubair is
a writer, editor, and culture critic, living in Karachi, Pakistan, will be in
conversation with Moni Mohsin about her novels' inspiration, how she created
the main characters, social media, and more.
Hamna was previously Culture
Editor at Dawn.com, Pakistan's largest English-language daily
newspaper. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School and has
published in New York City before her work in journalism in Pakistan. Her work
on feminism, the arts, and how the two intersect in South Asia has appeared in
Vogue, Slate, The Herald, Dawn, and various other publications.
“Do desis
yearn to be ruled by a strong man?” asks Moni Mohsin and further invites you to
join a lively conversation about celebrity, society, and the cult of
masculinity in contemporary South Asia.
Art Forum SF is a not for profit that strives to define and promote
all art forms emerging from South Asia. Art Forum SF endeavor to present the
visual, the literary, and the performing arts in their various versions, thus
promoting a more extensive reach for South Asian voices.
"In
the month incredibly dedicated to women, we present two women who are Titans in
their field from South Asia, Moni Mohsin, a social butterfly during the day and
a moth by night, and Hamna Zubair, who is deeply invested in creating and
promoting diverse narratives. Eagerly awaiting their conversation on our
platform of Artforum SALA," says Kiran Malhotra, Board of Director, Art
Forum SF.
In October 2019, Art Forum SF debuted the South Asian
Literature and Art festival with grand success, at the Montalvo Arts Center’s
picturesque site in Saratoga, California. The festival featured prominent
experts experienced in the cultural-literary-artistic histories of South Asian
countries and in different aspects of the humanities, to give talks, have
exhibitions and performances, book reading for local audiences. Learn
more here.
In these "uncertain times," Art Forum SF moves to host the
Virtually SALA Series 2021 with featured talks through the year till it is safe
to congregate in a festival setting. Watch Virtually SALA Live Series, Episode
2 on:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/southasianartforumsf and YouTube: https://youtu.be/_3T8Ya77HqQ
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