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Moreover, the pain of dislocation is perhaps the most visible and yet the most contained element of an immigrant’s life.

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

by Tahira Aziz

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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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