Sanam Maher Explained

Sanam Maher
Nationality:Pakistani
Occupation:Journalist, author
Notable Works:The sensational life of Qandeel Baloch
Website:https://sanammaher.com/

Sanam Maher is a Pakistani journalist and feminist.[1] [2] She is known for her book The sensational life of Qandeel Baloch which is based on the life of the late model Qandeel Baloch.[3] [4] [5]

Biography

Maher is one of five daughters born to a maxillofacial surgeon mother.[6]

Sanam is a journalist based in Karachi[7] [8] who has contributed to Express Tribune,[9] Dawn,[10] Al-Jazeera, The New York Times, Buzzfeed, The Guardian, The Scroll and Roads and Kingdoms. Sanam has written articles on the culture of Pakistan, business politics, women and minority rights for more than ten years.[11] [12] For a short time, Sanam worked on the television, covering the conflict in the region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[13] [14] [15] She then worked as an editor in Herald and the national desk at The Express Tribune and The New York Times.[16] [17] Since 2015, she has worked as a freelance journalist.[18]

Sanam is also the author of the book The Sensational Life of Qandeel Baloch, which was her first book.[19] [20] A woman like her was released in 2019, which is also based on Qandeel Baloch.[21] [22] [23] Her first book was shortlisted for the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize[24] and the Indian book prize award.

In 2018, Sanam worked on a book project with BBOD Pakistan and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s SOC Outreach.[25] [26] “Knowledge is Bulletproof” is a book on the life of Shazia Ramzan and Kainat Riaz, the two girls who were shot at with Malala Yousufzai in 2012.[27] In August 2018, ‘Knowledge is Bulletproof’ won 1 Gold, 5 Silver, and 7 Bronze awards at Asia's biggest award show, AD Stars.

In 2020, Sanam along with Fatima Bhutto started an initiative called Stay Home, Stay Reading.[28] The initiative is a virtual reading fair that allowed authors to promote their work by reading excerpts of their work through videos.[29] The initiative was featured in national and international news.[30] [31] [32]

Books

References

  1. Web site: A Woman Like Her : The Short Life of Qandeel Baloch by Sanam Maher. 2020-12-06. The Week Bookshop.
  2. Web site: 2019-10-01. The Complicated Afterlife of a Murdered Social Media Star. 2020-12-06. Electric Literature. en-US.
  3. Web site: Sanam Maher – Karachi Literature Festival. 2020-12-06. en-US.
  4. News: Pidathala. Archana. 2019-12-21. Pak celebrity Qandeel Baloch was murdered because of people's judgement: Sanam Maher. en-IN. The Hindu. 2020-12-06. 0971-751X.
  5. Web site: 2019-04-03. "If there's anything to be learned here, it's that we need to look at how complicit we are in a woman's undoing." – Sanam Maher. 2020-12-06. South Asia@LSE.
  6. Web site: Maher. Sanam. My mother's battle with drug addiction in Pakistan. 2020-12-07. www.aljazeera.com. en.
  7. Web site: Sanam Maher Al Jazeera News. 2020-12-06. www.aljazeera.com. en.
  8. Web site: Sanam Maher The Caravan. 2020-12-06. caravanmagazine.in.
  9. Web site: Sanam Maher, Author at The Express Tribune. 2020-12-06. The Express Tribune. en.
  10. Web site: News stories for Sanam Maher - DAWN.COM. 2020-12-06. www.dawn.com. en.
  11. Web site: Author - Sanam Maher Business Standard. 2020-12-06. www.business-standard.com.
  12. Web site: Sanam Maher. 2020-12-06. Newsweek Pakistan. en-US.
  13. Web site: Literature & Ideas – Sanam Maher. 2020-12-06. RTRFM / The Sound Alternative. en.
  14. Web site: 2018-07-30. Listing. 2020-12-06. Scoop. en-AU.
  15. News: 2019-07-06. The life and death of a Pakistani social-media star. The Economist. 2020-12-06. 0013-0613.
  16. Web site: 2020-03-05. A social media queen murdered by her brother, the whole story. 2020-12-06. ABC Radio National. en-AU.
  17. Web site: Sanam Mehar To Release Her Book on "Qandeel Baloch" – Abb Takk News. 2020-12-06. en-US.
  18. Web site: PEW LITERARY AUTHOR SANAM MAHER. 2020-12-06. www.pewliterary.com.
  19. Web site: 2018-06-21. Interview: Sanam Maher author of 'The Sensational Life and Death of Qandeel Baloch'. 2020-12-06. The Indian Express. en.
  20. Web site: Sanam Mehar writes about 'Pakistan's Kim Kardashian' in her book 'A Woman Like Her'. 2020-12-06. www.gulftoday.ae.
  21. Web site: 2019-06-30. Sanam Maher: on the trail of murdered Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch. 2020-12-06. the Guardian. en.
  22. Web site: Sanam Maher. 2020-12-06. NPR.org. en.
  23. Web site: Why do women downplay their beauty to be taken seriously at work? Pakistani journalist Sanam Maher investigates. 2020-12-06. Elle India. en-US.
  24. Web site: NewsBytes. Sanam Maher's biography on Qandeel Baloch shortlisted for Indian literary prize. 2020-12-06. www.thenews.com.pk. en.
  25. Web site: Abbas. Afshan. 2018-08-10. Sanam Maher's Book on Qandeel Baloch Shortlisted for Indian Literary Prize. 2020-12-06. HIP. en.
  26. Web site: 2019-05-04. A Woman Like Her by Sanam Maher. 2020-12-06. NB. en-US.
  27. Web site: Sanam Maher. 2020-12-06. Arab News. en.
  28. Web site: How Authors Fatima Bhutto and Sanam Maher Lent Support During Lockdown. 2020-12-06. grazia.co.in. en.
  29. Web site: Xalxo. Jessica. 2018-06-15. Did We Really Know Qandeel Baloch? Asks Sanam Maher In Her Book. 2020-12-06. SheThePeople TV. en-US.
  30. Web site: Let's Talk Books with Sanam Maher. 2020-12-06. British Council: Pakistan Library. en.
  31. Web site: Bahuguna. Urvashi. 'Only after her murder was Qandeel Baloch praised as a feminist, as a modern Pakistani woman'. 2020-12-06. Scroll.in. en-US.
  32. Web site: Stay home, stay reading with Fatima Bhutto, Sanam Maher SAMAA. 2020-12-06. Samaa TV. en-US.
  33. Web site: Jimenez. Megin. 2020-02-17. Reclaiming Humanity from the Headlines. 2020-12-06. Chicago Review of Books. en.
  34. Web site: Sanam maher Latest News on Sanam-maher Breaking Stories and Opinion Articles. 2020-12-06. Firstpost.
  35. Web site: Author Sanam Maher Says the Murder of Pakistani Social Media Star at The Hands of Her Brother Was a Defining Moment for Pakistan. 2020-12-06. PRWeb.
  36. Web site: Sanam Maher's 'The Sensational Life And Death Of Qandeel Baloch': An excerpt Life & Style - Geo.tv. 2020-12-06. www.geo.tv.
  37. Web site: Sanam Maher. 2020-12-06. www.goodreads.com.
  38. Web site: A Woman Like Her: The Story Behind the Honor Killing of a Social Media Star by Sanam Maher. 2020-12-06. Porchlight Books. en.
  39. Web site: Maher. Sanam. 2020-02-26. Influencers in Islamabad. 2020-12-06. The Paris Review. en.

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