Novelist and essayist · Karachi
I write about Karachi, the families who live in it, and what the sea keeps.
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All posts →Chai, and the first ninety minutes of the day
3 min read · Oct 30, 2026
On shutter-down days, the city holds its breath
3 min read · Oct 21, 2026
Reading by candlelight during load-shedding
3 min read · Oct 12, 2026
What the sea breeze owed my father
3 min read · Oct 3, 2026
Sunday mornings at the Regal Chowk book bazaar
4 min read · Sep 24, 2026
The monsoon reaches Saddar before it reaches anyone else
4 min read · Sep 15, 2026
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“I did the self-paced course during my final year at university, two lessons a week. The exercise on writing emotion through objects changed how I write completely. My story won the university prize that year.”
“Hina's editorial letter was fifteen pages and I read it four times. She saw that my memoir was really about my father, not my divorce, and once I saw it too the whole book fell into place. My publisher accepted the revised draft with almost no changes.”
