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| Other authors / contributors: | At̤har, K̲h̲ālid.
Cook, Matthew A.
Nichols, Robert (Professor of history)
Ṣiddīqī, ʻAbdurraḥmān.
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| ISBN: | 9780199063413
0199063419
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| Notes: | Note from publisher of original work : "Safar-e-Zindagi is based on a lengthy interview, extended over a period of time, which Mr [sic] Altaf Hussain, founder and leader of the MQM, accorded to the journalist Khalid Athar. It was first published in the leading Urdu daily Jang. Now it is being presented in book form to apprise readers of the early struggle of the MQM and its leader's philosophy and views."--Page xi.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translation of Safar-i zindagī : Em Kiyū Em kī kahānī, Alt̤āf Ḥusain kī zabānī (Lāhaur : Jang Pablisharz, 1988).
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| Summary: | "Based on a long interview of Altaf Husain, the present day Chief of the now Muttahida Qaumi Movement (previously Mohajir Qaumi Movement), this book is an account of the protagonist's life and political career up to the year 1988. It provides illuminating insights into the rise of a powerful political party and its charismatic leader. Husain's early encounters with prejudice against a straggling group of immigrants from India known as 'Mohajirs', his disillusionment with religious parties and their claim of impartiality towards all fellow Muslims soon led him to create a robust and coherent political party from the amorphous group of people who were given the name of 'Mohajir'. Not only is this book invaluable as an early blueprint of the MQM's future development and concerns, it is also an impressive record of how an individual, with the help of a small group of friends, generated political consciousness among people who felt powerless in their adopted country, and helped them to stand up confidently for their rights-and later, for the rights of other unprivileged people."--Publisher's website.
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