Dur e Aziz Amna

Dur e Aziz Amna

Dur e Aziz Amna is the author of ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, winner of the 2023 South Asian Book Award and the APALA Award for Literature, as well as the forthcoming novel ๐˜ˆ ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, out in September 2025. Her work appears in the New York Times, Financial Times, and Al Jazeera, among others. She is a Forbes 30 Under 30 and has won the Salam Prize and the Financial Times / Bodley Head Essay Prize. She is a graduate of Yale College and the Helen Zell Writers' Program at the University of Michigan.

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Rebel English Academy - A Review

Dur e Aziz Amna

Feb 04, 2026

When a major Pakistani political figure is hanged, OK Town erupts in protest. A few miles away, Sir Baghi is surprised by a knock at the door of his language school, the Rebel English Academy. Mohammed Hanifโ€™s latest offering is a tale of interconnected characters that face a changing landscape with violence, passion and sharp humour. Dur e Aziz Amna, author of ๐˜ˆ ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜งโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ.

The Heart Turns to Clay

Dur e Aziz Amna

Aug 12, 2025

Following the passing of her maternal grandmother, Dur e Aziz Amna reflects on grief, love and rituals of mourning in this heartfelt elegy.

How Does Art Resist?

Dur e Aziz Amna

Jan 20, 2025

A meditation on the duties and efficacy of artists in times of oppression and injustice