Umber Khairi #FBPE
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Umber Khairi #FBPE
@umberkhairi.bsky.social
Writer, columnist, ex-BBC producer, co-founder Newsline mag, PV survivor, knitter, TV addict, film buff etc.
KGS, Princeton.

Author of #AkbarinWonderland

TNS columns here:
https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/writer/umber-khairi
That’s my novel - right next to Sally Rooney’s latest book….
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#akbarinwonderland is set in 1990s karachi but the story about media manipulation, political machinations, prosecution of ousted politicians etc will resonate with observers of politics today
January 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Save the date!
You are invited to this event where the wonderful Prof Kamran Asdar Ali and I will talk about my novel #akbarinwonderland.
It’s the story of a naive journalist in 1990s Karachi. It’s about media manipulation, political repression and also about the bubbles of complacency we exist in…
December 1, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Down Memory Lane… #Beatles nostalgia
November 25, 2024 at 4:32 AM
Readers in #Pakistan:
My book #AkbarinWonderland is available at Liberty Books and in #Lahore at Ferozsons and The Last Word (DHA).
Get your copy quickly!!!
November 21, 2024 at 8:47 AM
My novel Akbar in Wonderland is set in Karachi in the 1990s.
It is the story of a naive journalist who comes to realise that all is not as it seems in terms of media and politics. This is a story of how narratives are manipulated and dissent is silenced.
#pressfreedom #pakistan
November 15, 2024 at 1:56 AM

Great fun to speak about my novel #akbarinwonderland at the #Lahore book launch!
Conversation superbly conducted by Wajiha Hyder with lots of input and questions from audience.

Signed a lots of books…
November 15, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Thrilled to see the cover proof of my book today!

The novel #AkbarinWonderland is published November 2024
🤞🏼🤞🏼
October 11, 2024 at 5:43 PM

Blood on their hands. Lots of it

The foreign ministers of the UK and the US

Israel’s tools. Who have the gall to speak of ‘diplomacy’ and ‘peace’

#gazagenocide #israel #warcrimes
September 10, 2024 at 5:21 PM
End the #genocide….
Peace march in London again today. Assemble 12 noon at Regent St.
If you believe in international law, human rights etc u shd ‘walk the talk’.
It’s heartening to see how diverse the marchers are, young, old, holocaust survivors, people from different religions and backgrounds …
September 7, 2024 at 7:49 AM