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The British side of her life is often thrown into contention with her Pakistani side of life.

— Tahira Aziz, Displacement - Partition Book
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Displacement - Partition Book

by Tahira Aziz

History · 140 pages

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Tahira Aziz
Tahira Aziz

Tahira Aziz is a Pakistani writer, born in Lahore. With a distinguished academic career spanning over eight years as a lecturer and an MPhil in English Literature from University of the Punjab, whe…

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