pakistan

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pakistan

Payback

2009
Eighteen-year-old Muslim Halima, having moved to London to start college, is forced to make a choice between her family and faith and her newfound freedom after she learns that her father has arranged for her to marry a distant relative as repayment of a debt.

The house of djinn

2008
An unexpected death brings Shabanu's daughter, Mumtaz, and nephew, Jameel, both aged fifteen, to the forefront of an attempt to modernize Pakistan, but the teens must both sacrifice their own dreams if they are to meet family and tribal expectations.

Iqbal

a novel
2003
A fictionalized account of the Pakistani child who escaped from bondage in a carpet factory and went on to help liberate other children like him before being gunned down at the age of thirteen.

The gifts of Wali Dad

a tale of India and Pakistan
1995
An Indian/Pakistani folktale in which an impoverished grass-cutter finds that gifts can be a mixed blessing.

Four feet, two sandals

2007
Two young Afghani girls living in a refugee camp in Pakistan share a precious pair of sandals brought by relief workers.

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