Revolutionary Papers

Revolutionary Papers is a transnational research collaboration exploring 20th century periodicals of Leftanti-imperial and anti-colonial critical production. Read More

Niha Nazar

Niha Nazar participated in the Revolutionary Papers Classroom and co-authored a teaching tool on Al Fatah (The Victory), and Urdu-language left-leaning periodical published in 1970s Pakistan. She is an English major at the Lahore University of Management Sciences with an active interest in the interplay of affect, fiction and the creation of reality. She is also interested in investigating the porous nature of the present, resulting in an intersectional research interest within history, literature and sociology.

Journals presented by Niha Nazar

The journal Al-Fatah (“The Victory” in Arabic) published in Karachi, Pakistan from May 1970 till approximately July 1990. The periodical was produced in Urdu in the two decades it was distributed and became a major supporter of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). The journal Al-fatah was largely socialist in terms of political inclination and critical of […]