"I don’t have much time for the idea that art is some languorous thing on the sidelines, and that you have to wait 50 years before you address a subject…"
— Kamila Shamsie

January 1, 1970

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Academics from the United KingdomFellows of the Royal Society of LiteratureNovelists from PakistanPeople from KarachiAuthors from the United Kingdom
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On writing about a topic even if it is recent in “Kamila Shamsie: ‘Being a UK citizen makes me feel more able to take part in the conversation’” in The Guardian (2017 Aug 27)