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Karachi Vice: Life and Death in a Divided City
Written by Samira Shackle
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Join an electrifying new voice in narrative nonfiction for a fast-paced, hair-raising journey around Karachi in the company of those who know the city inside and out.
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Samira Shackle
Samira Shackle is the editor of New Humanist magazine and a regular contributor to the Guardian Long Read. She frequently reports from Pakistan, where she has family and spent extensive time working on her debut book, Karachi Vice. She has twice been a media fellow at Columbia University's Center for the Study of Social Difference, and in 2019 she was made a MacDowell Fellow. For more information, visit SamiraShackle.com.
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