List of British Pakistanis - Literature and Art

Literature and Art

  • Hanif Kureishi - Playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker, novelist and short story writer
  • Imtiaz Dharker - Poet and documentary filmmaker
  • Moniza Alvi - Poet and writer
  • Nadeem Aslam - Novelist
  • Razia Iqbal - Arts correspondent for the BBC; born in East Africa and is of Muslim Punjabi origin.
  • Qaisra Shahraz - Novelist, journalist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a director of Gatehouse Books
  • Suhayl Saadi - Literary and erotic novelist and radio/stage playwright.
  • Tariq Ali - Historian and novelist
  • Ziauddin Sardar - Scholar, writer and cultural critic

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