WOW-ed Festival Karachi

WOW-ed Festival Karachi By Deneb Sumbul On May 1 this year, Karachi had the distinction of being the first South Asian city to host the Women of the World (WOW) festival, celebrating women. Held at the Beach Luxury Hotel with the support of The British Council and London’s Southbank Centre, the one-day event with free …

The Heart of the Matter

By Deneb Sumbul Drama enthusiasts were given a treat on March 7-8 when the visiting Ajoka Theatre staged the play Rozan-e-Zindan Se at the Karachi Arts Council. The ensemble cast brought to life the long-distance, four-year love-letter relationship between the country’s jailed legendary poet, Faiz Ahmed Faiz and his fiery Anglo-Saxon wife, Alys Faiz. Rozan-e-Zindan …

Why An Acre for Every Woman – Documentary

This documentary was screened last year in Lahore as part of "An Acre for Every Woman" campaign started by Najma Sadeque under the Green Economics Initiative, Shirkat Gah in 2005. Still not complete, it was  viewed with several of my other documentary-shorts and how-to films on environment and green economics through a women's perspective. I …