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Anam Zakaria

Anam Zakaria (Urdu: انَم زَكَريا) is a Canada-based Pakistani writer, oral historian and educator.[1][2] She is the author of the prize-winning book The Footprints of Partition: Narratives of Four Generations of Pakistanis and Indians (2015) and 1971: A People's History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India (2019).[3][4]

Anam Zakaria
NationalityPakistani, Canadian
EducationInternational Development; Anthropology
Alma materMcGill University; University of Toronto
Occupation(s)Author, researcher, educationist, oral historian

Biography

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Anam Zakaria holds an undergraduate degree in international development from McGill University and a master's degree in anthropology from the University of Toronto.[5][6][7]

Anam has a twelve-year career experience in the development sector. Since 2010, she has been involved with development and research work in Pakistan.[8][9]

She has previously worked as a director at the Citizens Archive of Pakistan. She conducted interviews from the partition generation of Pakistan and was part of the team leading the exchange-for-change program between 2010 and 2013.[10] The program was aimed at building peace among students of Pakistan and India. Anam has also worked in the education and energy sectors at the Association for the Development of Pakistan.[11][12] She has also taught at the Headstart School.[13]

Anam is a freelance journalist and has written articles for CBC, Toronto Star, Scroll, Al-Jazeera, The New York Times, Dawn, The Hill Times and The Wire.[14][15][16]

Anam has authored books on South Asian history and conflicts.[17][18] The Footprints of Partition: Narratives of Four Generations of Pakistanis and Indians (2015) was her first book.[19][20] Since then, she has published Between the Great Divide: A Journey into Pakistan-Administered Kashmir (2018) and 1971: A People's History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India (2019).[21] She used her own research, including interviews and museum visits for her third book.[22][23]

Between 2016 and 2022 she was the Head of Fellowships for the KP Government Innovation Fellowship Program, at Code for Pakistan, where she now serves as Vice President – Fellowships. The program is a partnership between the KP Government, The World Bank and Code for Pakistan.[24][25]

In Canada, Anam has worked in the settlement sector to support newcomers and refugees and currently works towards inclusive city-building.[26] She is also the co-founder of Qissa, a platform for immigrant storytelling.[27]

She is married to Pakistani writer Haroon Khalid.[28][29]

Awards

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  • Winner: 2017 KLF German Peace Prize for her book The Footprints of Partition.[30]

Books

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  • The Footprints of Partition: Narratives of Four Generations of Pakistanis and Indians (2015)[31][32][33]
  • Between the Great Divide: A Journey into Pakistan-Administered Kashmir (2018)[34][35][36]
  • 1971: A People's History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India (2019)[37][38][39]

References

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  1. ^ "Book review: A journey of self-exploration". The Express Tribune. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  2. ^ Zakaria, Anam. "The story of a Kashmiri who crossed the Line of Control and returned to India 11 years later". Scroll.in. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Anam Zakaria | Al Jazeera News". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  4. ^ "With her new book on 1971 Indo-Pak war, Anam Zakaria attempts to understand one of the most defining years in South Asian history". Firstpost. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  5. ^ "History repeating itself? Overcoming the legacy of partition in Pakistan". Peace Insight. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Where Kashmir Stands: Edited excerpt from Anam Zakaria's new book 'Between the Great Divide'". www.dailyo.in. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  7. ^ Sheikh, Saba. "A commendable national service". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  8. ^ Shamsie, Muneeza (1 December 2019). "Pakistan". The Journal of Commonwealth Literature. 54 (4): 661–676. doi:10.1177/0021989419877066. ISSN 0021-9894.
  9. ^ "Expressions, passions about pushing the boundaries". The Nation. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  10. ^ Communications, South Asia Fast Track Sustainability (28 June 2018). "Q&A with Ms. Anam Zakaria, author of 'The Footprints of Partition' & development professional from Pakistan, on the criticality of oral-history narratives". South Asia Fast Track Sustainability Communications. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  11. ^ Aslam, Irfan (15 September 2018). "Anam Zakaria's new book uncovers the human dimension of the Kashmir conflict". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  12. ^ "FIF 2017: Pran Nevile's 'sentimental journey' – Pakistan". Dunya News. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Of and about LLF – Views-&-Opinions – The Financial Daily Epaper 01-03-2019". The Financial Daily Epaper. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  14. ^ "News stories for Anam Zakaria - DAWN.COM". www.dawn.com. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  15. ^ Zakaria, Anam; Mughal, Jalaluddin; Abi-Habib, Maria (15 May 2020). "Women Face Dilemma in a War Zone: Risk the Blasts or Sexual Assault". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  16. ^ Zakaria, Anam. "Remembering the war of 1971 in East Pakistan". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  17. ^ "1971 A People's History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India by Anam Zakaria | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  18. ^ Zakaria, Anam. "What a West Pakistani in the former East Pakistan during the Liberation War of 1971 remembers". Scroll.in. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  19. ^ "Anum Zakria's: Between the great Divide". kashmiriat. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  20. ^ "Anam Zakaria". HarperCollins. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  21. ^ "Anam Zakaria". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  22. ^ Caravan, The. "1971: A People's History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India". The Caravan. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  23. ^ Aslam, Irfan (5 January 2020). "NON-FICTION: SILENCED HISTORIES". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  24. ^ "Anam Zakaria". Code for All Global Summit. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  25. ^ "Two-day Khayaal Festival featuring prominent figures ends in Lahore". ARY NEWS. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  26. ^ Anam Zakaria: https://www.anamzakaria.com/about/
  27. ^ Qissa: https://www.qissa.org
  28. ^ Salman, Peerzada (12 March 2016). "'Religious practices were reinterpreted after partition'". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  29. ^ Khalid, Haroon. "What is a Pakistani Muslim writer (not) supposed to write about?". Scroll.in. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  30. ^ "KLF GERMAN PEACE PRIZE – Karachi and Islamabad Literature Festivals". www.karachiliteraturefestival.org. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  31. ^ Mirza, Farhad (9 August 2015). "REVIEW: The Footprints of Partition by Anam Zakaria". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  32. ^ "Footprints of Partition: 'History has been linear'". The Express Tribune. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  33. ^ "The Footprints of Partition: Narratives of Four Generations of Pakistanis and Indians". HarperCollins. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  34. ^ "Review: Between the Great Divide: A Journey into Pakistan-Administered Kashmir byAman Zakaria". Hindustan Times. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  35. ^ "Book Review: Between The Great Divide: A Journey into Pakistan-administered Kashmir". South Asia Journal. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  36. ^ Mirza, Farhad (9 September 2018). "NON-FICTION: OUR SLICE OF HEAVEN". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  37. ^ "Anam Zakaria Publishes Third Book, "1971: A People's History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India"". Asia Society. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  38. ^ "1971: A People's History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India | Literati | thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  39. ^ "Narrating a People's History of 1971". Jamhoor. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
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