
Ather Zia (shadowbanned/banned in india)
@aziakashmir
Kashmiri. political anthropologist. poet. writer. activist. founder Kashmir Lit, author Resisting Disappearance. account shadow/banned. posting infrequently.
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https://www.unco.edu/news/newsroom/expert/ather-zia.aspx 05-03-2016 05:57:51
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.Front Line Defenders statement marking five years since August 5, 2019, points to the reprisals against Human Rights Defenders in #Kashmir & the silencing of critical voices, and reiterates its demand to release Khurram Parvez & Irfan Mehraj frontlinedefenders.org/en/statement-r…







What have I just read!!!!! "land of dreams" a dystopian short story by Ather Zia (shadowbanned/banned in india) is a must read. I remember the last time i read fiction about kashmir this good, it was "The Night of Broken Glass" by Feroz rather Anyways the link for the short story: sapiens.org/culture/kashmi…

12) In the afterword to our special issue, "Writing Muslim Women in South Asia", Ather Zia (shadowbanned/banned in india) asks the pivotal question: "How does one write in a place where words are banned?" doi.org/10.1080/008564…
