Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies Summer 2010 Issue Now Released!

I finished the layout for the Summer 2010 issue of Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies tonight. This is our fourth issue, and it is chock-full of articles, reviews, interviews, and poetry. It is an open access journal, so check it out here.

The editor is trying out something new with this issue. All of the individual articles are still freely available and will remain so, because it is an open access journal. Since the beginning, you could also purchase a print version here to help fund the journal’s costs, which include site maintenance, software, and honoraria. Now, if you would like to download a PDF of the full issue to read and print on your own, you may do so for a small donation. This should go live tomorrow on the official site here.

The Summer 2010 issue includes:

Cover art: Amar Raza, Al-Kauthar, (Watercolor 3’x4′), 108th sura of the Qur’an.

Articles

Distinctive Cultural and Geographical Legacy of Bahawalpur Samia Khalid and Aftab Hussain Gilani …………………………………………………………1

Memory and Cultural Identity: Negotiating Modernity in Nadeem Aslam’s Maps for Lost Lovers David Waterman ……………………………………………………………………………………….18

Political Manipulation in Human Rights Violations: A Case of Honor Killings in Balochistan, Pakistan Noor Akbar Khalil and Mashhood Ahmed Sheikh …………………………………………36

Reviews

Fawzia Afzal-Khan’s Lahore With Love Swaralipi Nandi ………………………………………………………………………………………..44

Ali Eteraz’s Children of Dust David Waterman ……………………………………………………………………………………….48

Musharraf Ali Farooqi’s Translation of The Adventures of Amir Hamza Colleen Thorndike……………………………………………………………………………………..51

Mashhood Ahmed Sheikh’s Side Effects: Portrait of a Young Artist in Lahore Tatiana Zelenetskaya Young ……………………………………………………………………….54

Notes and Commentaries

From Malakand with Love! Shaikh Muhammad Ali ………………………………………………………………………………57

Labor Unionization in Pakistan – History & Trends Riffat Bawa and Waqar Hashmi…………………………………………………………………..78

Poetry and Prose

Diary of a Wartime Chef Shadab Zeest Hashmi…………………………………………………………………………………83

Ghazal Shadab Zeest Hashmi…………………………………………………………………………………84

Kitchen Cabinet Rizwan Akhtar ………………………………………………………………………………………….85

Punjabi Mehnaz Turner ………………………………………………………………………………………….87

Interviews

An Interview with Professor Pervez Hoodbhoy Mustafa Qadri …………………………………………………………………………………………..88

Notable Pakistan-Related Texts

List of Recent Pakistan-Related Texts David Waterman ……………………………………………………………………………………….94