Kyla Pasha | Poetry

Born

1979, Islamabad, Pakistan

Educated

2003 onwards, MIS Comparative Religion, University of Washington, Seattle
2001, BA History & Creative Writing, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
1997, A Levels, Froebels International School, Islamabad

Works

2008, Yoni is the Wrong Damn Word, 30/4, GlobalComment, Essay
2007, Love From Gabriel, 12/11, GlobalComment, Poem
2007, Police Crack Down on Protestors, 8/11, SAJA Forum, Essay
2007, These Poems Associate Freely, 25/9, GlobalComment, Poem
2007, Conspiracy Theory, 5/9, GlobalComment, Poem
2007, Sexuality: In Pakistan, the Media take on the ‘She-couple’, 23/7, SAJA Forum, Article
2007, Tinfoil Love, 14/1, Samar Magazine, Poem
2006, I’m a Poet, I’m a Feminist, and I’m Muslim: An Interview with the Pakistani poet Kyla Pasha, 22/11, English version of Urmila Goel’s interview at sudasien.info
2006, Dost, 1/11, Himal Southasian, Play/Fiction
2006, “I’m a Poet, I’m a Feminist and I’m Muslim: Ein Interview mit der pakistanischen Dichterin Kyla Pasha, 5/10, sudasien.info, Interview by Urmila Goel
2006, I Don’t Know Love, But I Can Swing, 17/9, other|matters, Poem
2006, Pakistan Bans Blogspot, 5/3, Chowk, Essay
2006, Muslim Profanities, 24/2, Chowk, Essay
2005, To Hold Up the Floor, 16/11, Chowk, Poem
2005, Falling In, 21/8, Chowk, Poem
2005, The Leaving Contract, Alhamra Literary Review, 1: Spring 2005, Story excerpt
2004, History of the World, 14/8, Chowk, Poem
2004, Guide, 7/7, Chowk, Poem
2004, Ashura: Atonement, Mourning and Return, 2/3, Chowk, Essay
2004, Yom Kippur 5764 and Flight, 21/2, Chowk, Poems
2003, Dost, one-woman show, performed at numerous venues by Ponni Arasu of the Nigah Media Collective, Delhi.