Islamabad scareport. Part 3. A true story.

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Lemn Sissay

"Good Morning" says the security guard as I am ordered to stand against the wall. It's 2.15am He glowers at me. He speaks with a menacing undertone . He does what the others did. He acts like I haven’t Read more [...]

Remarkable Fatima Jinnah Women University

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Lemn Sissay

So much to say about the students teachers and Dr Samina Amin Qadir Vice Chancellor of Pakistan's first all female university. Fatima Jinnah Women University has been established for only fourteen years. Read more [...]

Looking For The Mens Room at Fatima Jinnah Women University

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Lemn Sissay

Exploding Mangoes at The Second Floor

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Lemn Sissay

Today I lunch with Mohammed Hanif and Nimra Bucha and thankfully they come to the reading in the evening at The Second Floor - T2F - in the heart of Karachi. It's a contemporary art space and Read more [...]

An Arty Party in Karachi.

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Lemn Sissay

Tonight I'm at Cafe Flo in Karachi for dinner with the British Council and Karachiite artists and writers. They are Ameena Sayeed (director of Karachi Literature Festival), Zebunnisa "Zeb" Bangash Read more [...]

Pakistan. “What I want from the students is their truth.”

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Lemn Sissay

Through the dusted light of late afternoon the plane floats down to earth to Jinnah airport in Karachi where I’m picked up by Talha Mufti and swept through the city in a bullet proof car to the hotel. Read more [...]

This is how a post workshop photo should be.

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Karachi University. Wonderful. First workshop. Support by The British Council. Read more [...]

To Karachi in Pakistan….

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Lemn Sissay

That I am invited is all the inspiration I need. And so it’s with great pleasure that I board the plane in a short while to travel to Karachi ( pop. 21,000,000) to create poems with students Read more [...]

Mourning Breaks

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Lemn Sissay

Facebook beats The iron Mountain

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Lemn Sissay

Every child in care (above 13) and leaving care should have their own facebook page. Anonymising children in the care system is practised more often than not to protect the institution. On that Read more [...]