A long way from the block
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A long way from the block
Ep. 130-Darling Revolutionary-my conversation with Sascha Akhtar
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Anthony Thomas
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Season 1
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Episode 130
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In this episode I sat down with the London based poet, author, editor, educator & activist to discuss her journey as an artist. Born in Pakistan, she earned a BA in Liberal Arts from Bennington College, where she studied writing, photography, filmmaking and multi-media installation art. In 2003 she was awarded a fellowship to attend the MFA Creative Writing Programme at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.
"My own life has been dictated by this desire for freedom. I left Pakistan when I was 18 in a quest for this elusive freedom."