Building Bridges. Opening Minds. Empowering Communities. |
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Andaz-e-bayaan, an Urdu audiobook narrated by the inimitable Zia Mohyeddin.
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It has been designed to make the Urdu language and its timeless treasures accessible to a wider global audience, and unlock Urdu stories for those who find it difficult to read the script. The selection of audio stories has been made with great care too. The authors selected truly represent the diversity of Urdu voices.
Featured authors include Ismat Chughtai, one of the first Muslim women to talk boldly about subjects like sexuality in the 1940s; Munshi Premchand, a Hindu author born in 1880 who wrote on topics such as caste; and Saaddat Hassan Manto, who belonged to both Bombay and Lahore and wrote unadulterated stories about Partition, showing a mirror to society unhindered by the
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Hailing from both sides of the Indo-Pak border, these authors truly transcend religious and geographic boundaries. We are pleased to announce that Imran Shah, an APF Board member, was the driving force behind the creation of this audio collection.
Gift this Urdu audiobook to friends and family this holiday season!
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Sabaa Tahir, an American Pakistani young adult novelist, won the acclaimed National Book Award in the Young People's Literature category for her book All My Rage. She was among the two finalists from South Asia for the 2022 National Book Awards. Her book also won the Boston Globe- Horn Book Award this year. Tahir is a New York Times bestselling author best known for her books An Ember in the Ashes and its sequels.
Her most recent success, All My Rage, is a contemporary young adult novel about former friends Noor and Sal, growing up in a small desert town. Noor wants to go to college but her guardian will not let her. Sal wants to save his parents' business, a motel, but it is deep in debt. Their friendship rekindles after a tragedy, but Sal's choices and Noor's secrets threaten to tear them apart. Meanwhile, we learn about Misbah, Sal's mother, and what brought her to America. Read More!
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Continuing Fundraising for Flood Relief Efforts |
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Photo courtesy of The Citizens Foundation USA |
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On August 25th, the Pakistani government declared a national state of emergency due to dangerous floods that have killed over 1,700 people since June. After a series of heat waves earlier this summer, Pakistan experienced record increases in rain levels, especially in the provinces of Sindh and Balochistan. The residents of these areas have been forced to move due to significant property damage and endangerment of their safety, in total affecting more than 33 million people.
We recognize the hard work of the dedicated public servants, aid workers, and volunteers engaged in relief efforts. We are in touch with the following organizations who have started to provide relief directly to those affected by the floods. We encourage you to learn more about the work of these organizations, which are all registered as 501(c)(3) entities in the United States.
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Since mid-July, CDRS has been delivering family food packs, bottled water, tents, and medicines to flood-affected areas. CDRS plans to open a large community kitchen, support mobile medical camps, and provide tents, mosquito nets, household items, and hygiene products. Donate to CDRS
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The Citizens Foundation, USA (TCF-USA) has built over 250 schools and educated more than 65,000 children in Pakistan. It is currently distributing food ration bags to flood-affected communities in Sindh and opened up its schools to serve as shelter for displaced families. Donate to TCF-USA
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DIL provides quality education to children living in underserved areas across Pakistan. The organization is currently distributing food rations to local communities and planning to rebuild affected schools and homes as soon as possible. Donate to DIL
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Friends of Indus Hospital (FOIH) supports the efforts of Indus Hospital & Health Network in Pakistan to provide quality healthcare services to under-served patients in Pakistan. Indus Hospital has established mobile clinics and labs in flood-affected areas of Sindh, Baluchistan, Punjab, and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinces. Donate to FOIH
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The Human Development Foundation (HDF) is a nonprofit organization that works to alleviate poverty in Pakistan by improving access to clean water, food, healthcare, and educational resources. They are currently conducting a Flood Emergency Appeal to rehabilitate victims of the ongoing crisis. Donate to HDF
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Shine Humanity strengthens the primary healthcare system in Pakistan by promoting health literacy and access to health facilities. It has established nine emergency healthcare clinics based out of interior Sindh. In addition to offering the services of physicians, pharmacists, and nurses, the clinics will expand to provide food rations, malnutrition packets, and water purification tablets. Donate to Shine Humanity
We are humbled by the work of these organizations and the coming together of Pakistanis from all around the world to rise to the challenge. In the coming weeks, we will continue to collaborate with all engaged in relief efforts in Pakistan. We will also offer programming that educates the APF community about disaster response, humanitarian aid, and climate change issues in Pakistan.
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