Mirza Waheed
@mirzawaheed.bsky.social
Writer
The Collaborator, The Book of Gold Leaves, Tell Her Everything … Forthcoming novel: Maryam & Son
https://mirzawaheed.com
The Collaborator, The Book of Gold Leaves, Tell Her Everything … Forthcoming novel: Maryam & Son
https://mirzawaheed.com
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The success of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social should have been celebrated in India, but the fact that it was largely ignored tells you how small the country has become under a bigoted "India First" government.
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Why Did India Miss the Zohran Mamdani Story? - The Wire
Indian lack of interest in a campaign in which an American of Indian origin will possibly govern one of the most important cities in the world is part of the diminishing of Indian vision and influence...
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June 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The success of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social should have been celebrated in India, but the fact that it was largely ignored tells you how small the country has become under a bigoted "India First" government.
m.thewire.in/article/comm...
m.thewire.in/article/comm...
“Will anyone believe that a writer could no longer write because he had nothing to eat?”
~ Hussam Marouf
Hunger That Defeats Language arablit.org/2025/05/30/h...
~ Hussam Marouf
Hunger That Defeats Language arablit.org/2025/05/30/h...
Hunger That Defeats Language
“The hunger I’m experiencing now is not what I imagined. It’s not what you imagine, dear reader. It’s not just an empty feeling in your stomach. It’s a numbness that s…
arablit.org
May 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
“Will anyone believe that a writer could no longer write because he had nothing to eat?”
~ Hussam Marouf
Hunger That Defeats Language arablit.org/2025/05/30/h...
~ Hussam Marouf
Hunger That Defeats Language arablit.org/2025/05/30/h...
No. There just isn’t enough pressure on Israel. Don’t buy the statements and platitudes. If there were real pressure, the genocide would have stopped. Western powers haven’t failed to stop #Israel, they have chosen not to.
May 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
No. There just isn’t enough pressure on Israel. Don’t buy the statements and platitudes. If there were real pressure, the genocide would have stopped. Western powers haven’t failed to stop #Israel, they have chosen not to.
Trailer for The Collaborator, film based on my debut novel, is out. You can watch it here ~
youtu.be/zwI4JepXLOo?si…
youtu.be/zwI4JepXLOo?si…
The Collaborator (Official Trailer)
YouTube video by Iris Indie Global
https://youtu.be/zwI4JepXLOo?si…
May 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Trailer for The Collaborator, film based on my debut novel, is out. You can watch it here ~
youtu.be/zwI4JepXLOo?si…
youtu.be/zwI4JepXLOo?si…
“Soldiers and artillery guns were stationed across valleys and rivers where previously people had strolled from this village to that. Families were split, brothers and sisters divided.”
My essay for @bloomberg.com on why Kashmir needs more than a pause in the violence.
My essay for @bloomberg.com on why Kashmir needs more than a pause in the violence.
Kashmir Deserves a Lasting Peace
Three generations have grown old since India and Pakistan started fighting, with civilians on both sides living under the forever-looming threat of war.
www.bloomberg.com
May 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
“Soldiers and artillery guns were stationed across valleys and rivers where previously people had strolled from this village to that. Families were split, brothers and sisters divided.”
My essay for @bloomberg.com on why Kashmir needs more than a pause in the violence.
My essay for @bloomberg.com on why Kashmir needs more than a pause in the violence.
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remembering the tens of thousands of Tamils massacred by the Sri Lankan state, those who continue to be denied justice, dignity and freedom, and those who fight every day for truth and accountability 🪔 #Mullivaikkal
May 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
remembering the tens of thousands of Tamils massacred by the Sri Lankan state, those who continue to be denied justice, dignity and freedom, and those who fight every day for truth and accountability 🪔 #Mullivaikkal
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Kashmir deserves a lasting peace, writes novelist Mirza Waheed, whose parents and grandparents lived through skirmishes in the same conflict between India and Pakistan
Kashmir Deserves a Lasting Peace
Three generations have grown old since India and Pakistan started fighting, with civilians on both sides living under the forever-looming threat of war.
bloom.bg
May 17, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Kashmir deserves a lasting peace, writes novelist Mirza Waheed, whose parents and grandparents lived through skirmishes in the same conflict between India and Pakistan
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Novelist and journalist @mirzawaheed.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about brewing tensions between two nuclear powers: India and Pakistan.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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Mirza Waheed on India, Pakistan, and the Literature of Partition
Novelist and journalist Mirza Waheed joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V Ganeshananthan to talk about brewing tensions between two nuclear powers: India and Pakistan. Waheed, who was born in Kas…
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May 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Novelist and journalist @mirzawaheed.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about brewing tensions between two nuclear powers: India and Pakistan.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/mirza-waheed...
@literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/mirza-waheed...
My radio essay on the Line of Control and Kashmir for the BBC World Service. I reflect on borders, memory, and what the LoC means today. Listen from 06:08 onwards:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
BBC World Service - Weekend, Pakistan strikes back at India following airbase attacks
India-Pakistan tensions rise as Kashmir strikes spark fears of wider conflict
www.bbc.co.uk
May 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
My radio essay on the Line of Control and Kashmir for the BBC World Service. I reflect on borders, memory, and what the LoC means today. Listen from 06:08 onwards:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
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As tensions between India and Pakistan reach a peak in the aftermath of an attack on Pahalgam in Kashmir, will the Western powers step in to mediate?
Kashmiri writer @mirzawaheed.bsky.social responds.
Kashmiri writer @mirzawaheed.bsky.social responds.
May 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
As tensions between India and Pakistan reach a peak in the aftermath of an attack on Pahalgam in Kashmir, will the Western powers step in to mediate?
Kashmiri writer @mirzawaheed.bsky.social responds.
Kashmiri writer @mirzawaheed.bsky.social responds.
I wrote about the forever war between India and Pakistan and the silencing of Kashmir.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A massacre has reignited the forever war between India and Pakistan – once more, Kashmiri voices are missing
The people of Kashmir have had little or no say in their future for as long as I can remember. This cycle must end, says novelist Mirza Waheed
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I wrote about the forever war between India and Pakistan and the silencing of Kashmir.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Episode 2 of RLF’s new COLLECTED podcast is out! What an honour it was to have @katemossewriter.bsky.social in the studio with @carosanderson.bsky.social Featuring work by @mirzawaheed.bsky.social, Aisha Zia, Polly Morland, Charlie Hill and Simon Robson podcast.rlf.org.uk/476-kate-mos...
Collected: The Podcast: #476: Kate Mosse, founder of Women's Prizes and bestselling author with Caroline Sanderson
The internationally bestselling author and co-founder of what is now the Women’s Prize for Fiction delves into the Royal Literary Fund’s sound archives, using the recordings to reflect on the highs an...
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February 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Episode 2 of RLF’s new COLLECTED podcast is out! What an honour it was to have @katemossewriter.bsky.social in the studio with @carosanderson.bsky.social Featuring work by @mirzawaheed.bsky.social, Aisha Zia, Polly Morland, Charlie Hill and Simon Robson podcast.rlf.org.uk/476-kate-mos...
Out of Empire
Tahmima Anam and I will talk about ‘Out of Empire’ on 19 January. This conversation is a part of the South Asian Literary Association’s 2025 Annual Conference. I hope you can join us from where you are. Details are in the poster.
Tahmima Anam and I will talk about ‘Out of Empire’ on 19 January. This conversation is a part of the South Asian Literary Association’s 2025 Annual Conference. I hope you can join us from where you are. Details are in the poster.
January 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Out of Empire
Tahmima Anam and I will talk about ‘Out of Empire’ on 19 January. This conversation is a part of the South Asian Literary Association’s 2025 Annual Conference. I hope you can join us from where you are. Details are in the poster.
Tahmima Anam and I will talk about ‘Out of Empire’ on 19 January. This conversation is a part of the South Asian Literary Association’s 2025 Annual Conference. I hope you can join us from where you are. Details are in the poster.
Perhaps the only worthwhile New Year’s resolution is to reflect on the year of genocide and ask ourselves what we can do in our small ways to stop it and hold those responsible accountable.
December 31, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Perhaps the only worthwhile New Year’s resolution is to reflect on the year of genocide and ask ourselves what we can do in our small ways to stop it and hold those responsible accountable.
About my new novel Maryam & Son. Out next year.
December 28, 2024 at 11:48 AM
About my new novel Maryam & Son. Out next year.
Once upon a time in the Vaadi
December 15, 2024 at 12:21 PM
Once upon a time in the Vaadi
One of the best books of the year. @tinhouse.bsky.social
December 8, 2024 at 12:51 PM
One of the best books of the year. @tinhouse.bsky.social
There’s something fundamentally wrong about screening a film in an Israeli settlement in the middle of a genocide.
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They’re Screening an Adaptation of My Novel in an Israeli Settlement, So I’m Boycotting It
Last week, more than 5,000 writers and publishers from across the world pledged not to work with “Israeli cultural institutions that are complicit or have remained silent observers of the overwhelm…
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December 7, 2024 at 2:19 PM
There’s something fundamentally wrong about screening a film in an Israeli settlement in the middle of a genocide.
lithub.com/theyre-scree...
lithub.com/theyre-scree...
“I now realise that there are only two kinds of people in the world. People who are bereaved and those who are yet to be bereaved”
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‘I’m writing a memoir. It’s a pack of lies’: John Banville on a lifetime in books, bereavement, and the Irish love of words
The acclaimed novelist thought he had finished with ‘serious’ books. But now, at 78 and still grieving the loss of his wife, he has a new project on the go
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November 30, 2024 at 1:51 PM
“I now realise that there are only two kinds of people in the world. People who are bereaved and those who are yet to be bereaved”
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
