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Four walls and a black veil
Poems. Selections. English
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- Creator
- Fahmida Riaz ; foreword by Aamer Hussein
- Format
- Books
- Languages
- English, Urdu
- Publication
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- Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2004
- Series
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 138 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 0195977114, 9780195977110
- OCLC
- ocm59879753
- Original text in Urdu with parallel translation in English.
- Foreword / Aamer Hussein -- Tongue of stone -- The soft fragrance of my jasmine -- When sleep fills the eyes -- Doll -- For a friend -- O God of Heaven and Earth -- My hands -- The rain god -- Surah-E-Yaseen -- Daughter of the wet, dark night -- Virgin -- Come, give me your hand -- My precious one -- How long? -- The summoning -- My passion -- Deep kiss -- Stoning -- Aqleema -- Vital statistics -- She is a woman impure -- The laughter of a woman -- After the first time -- To a girl -- Thirty birthdays -- Girl in my arms -- Mantra -- In the city court -- The interrogator -- Search warrant -- Four walls and a black veil -- Clandestine meetings -- The laughter of the stone -- Recollections -- For Firaq Gorakhpuri -- Purva Anchal -- Condolence resolution -- A man's life