She bubbles with enthusiasm about her next project, a book about Karachi.
I think Julian Assange is the man of the decade.
Her writing has garnered praise from Toni Morrison, Gay Talese and Jill Lepore, and comparisons to writers like John Steinbeck and Zora Neale Hurston. “What’s great about WikiLeaks is it confirms what we already suspect,” says Fatima. Judging by the photographs in her book, Reading various articles about Fatima in preparation for our interview, I began to notice that information regarding her current whereabouts conflicted with what I knew to be true through casual conversation with her. I mean, I’m born in Kabul, and I land in New York with all these Syrian and Lebanese stamps all over my Pakistani passport, and what they would actually say was, ‘Oh, Pakistan. The Shadow of the Crescent Moon was Bhutto’s first novel and is set in Mir Ali, a small town in Pakistan close to the Afghan border. We don’t sanction torture and the drug trade; we don’t deal with criminals.’ WikiLeaks confirms that, yes, they do.”In the weeks after our interview, I see a newspaper photograph of Fatima following the charity fundraiser Jemima Khan through a crush of cameras and microphones outside the London court where Julian Assange has been granted bail. Her debut novel, , was longlisted for the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction and the memoir about her father's life and assassination, , was published to acclaim. Most reports present his conduct as unseemly, although it perhaps befits a teenager more than assuming leadership of a democratic party based on his parentage. These days, Fatima lives with Ghinwa, her half-brother, Zulfi, and her six-year-old adopted brother, Mir Ali, in 70 Clifton, the Bhutto family compound in Karachi her grandfather built in 1954. In the opening image, she wears a black dress with leather sleeves by BALLY. “Pakistan has to choose, because democracy and dynasty don’t go together,” she says. Author and journalist, who was born in Kabul and grew up between Syria and Pakistan. So I went there instead.” Studying in New York during 9/11 and its aftermath, Fatima says that, as a Pakistani, she was only ever treated warmly. There’s so much secrecy in what should be open space. “One almost wants to capitalise it: The House,” she tells me later. © Intelligence Squared 2020
SOAS seemed so much cooler in terms of politics; it was way more radical. I mention the headlines, and Fatima immediately leaps on the reference. Yassmin is a broadcaster, writer and social advocate. Globl to Bring First S.H.E. But Pulitzer Prize-winning author Wilkerson will set out the eight pillars which she believes connect caste systems across civilizations, and show how our own era of intensifying conflict and upheaval is a consequence of caste. A brief summary: Fatima’s grandfather Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was a member of an extremely wealthy feudal family with surprisingly leftist political views. “I remember going to the doctor’s, and I started to spell my name at reception, because in Damascus I’d have to, and they said, ‘No, we know,’ looking at me like I was stupid.” Fatima’s grandfather and father both went to Harvard and then Christ Church, Oxford, but Fatima chose Columbia in New York and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. She now works as a novelist and journalist in Karachi, Pakistan. “I’m a huge WikiLeaks fan. She’s a recent convert to veganism who enjoys soya milk in her cappuccinos.On pages 34 and 35 of her recent memoir, Fatima Bhutto remembers cowering with her younger brother in a windowless room at her home in Karachi, scared of the audible gunfire but unaware that it was her father who was the target. “I’m not British, so it’s not really my business,” Fatima says, “but I find it strange that you’re going to end up paying for it in taxes, especially during a recession.” She adds: “To me, monarchy is as baffling as dynasty. “I can’t tell you the number of people from home who said to me, ‘Don’t say you’re from Pakistan, for goodness sakes.’ But I still did, even at the airport. Recent projects include editing a monograph for the art directors M/M (Paris) and curating an exhibition of the work of the designer Richard Hollis that launched in London, toured to the Pompidou in Paris and…Paul Wetherell is a photographer from London who is renowned for his sensitive portraiture and elegant fashion stills. Race, class, gender. In the years that followed, three of his four children were murdered – one every decade. “I got into Christ Church to study South Asian government and politics,” she says, “but the programme was so pre-partition! We work with our partners to streamline project plans that don’t just deliver on … “I’ve learnt now to talk in interview-speak,” Fatima tells me when we first meet. Bombay’s Marine Drive is a case in point.” Fatima has inherited the good looks associated with her family. The decisions that drew her away from family tradition sound refreshingly like those of any other informed, opinionated young adult. Come along and listen to Fatima Bhutto discussing her novel TheShadow of the Crescent Moon with Harriett Gilbert.. To witness that and then go to a fashion show...”Fatima is wearing a cropped suede jacket by MARNI over a long black tube dress by MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA.
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