CBEC Forum with Saba Imtiaz and Tooba Masood

In our next CBEC Forum, investigative journalists Saba Imtiaz and Tooba Masood will take us through the life and mysterious death of renowned Urdu poet and civil servant, Syed Mustafa Zaidi. Using this lens, they will provide a glimpse into the politics, socialite culture, activism, and gender dynamics during the 1970s in Pakistan. The forum will also feature recitals of Zaidi’s poetry.

Saba Imtiaz is a freelance journalist, author, and researcher. She writes about culture, urban life, food, and religion. She is the author of the novel Karachi, You’re Killing Me! which was adapted into the Indian film Noor. Saba has reported features from Pakistan, Jordan, Afghanistan, and Lebanon. She is currently based in The Netherlands.

Tooba Masood-Khan is a multimedia journalist and reporter. She writes about Karachi’s archives and history including city’s cinemas and pre-independence buildings and markets. She was long-listed for the Zeenat Haroon Rashid writing prize in 2020. She is a graduate of SOAS, University of London.

Both Saba and Tooba are currently co-producing and co-hosting a podcast, Notes on a Scandal, which has gained national and international attention. They are also co-authors of a book project titled, Society Girl.

This session will be conducted in a hybrid format, with a limited number of physical seats at CBEC. Those interested in attending the session in person are requested to register by emailing at cbec.siut@gmail.com before September 25, 2022.

To attend online, please click the Zoom link below:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vceirqzMuHtfIhTUo2HYVTTQBftGbzWkv

This session will also be live-streamed on our Facebook page.

Centre of Biomedical Ethics and Culture (CBEC), SIUT
WHO Collaborating Centre for Bioethics,
Karachi, Pakistan.

Website: http://siut.org/bioethics/
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