The Reading Session at National Book Festival, 2018

 A personal point of view as I was participating for the first time. National Book Foundation is an organization which is purely book based and encourages writers and reading throughout the year. Once a year they hold this festival. After Nigar Nazar had taken me to the LLF (Lahore Literary Festival), she asked her friend …

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How the ‘powerful weekly plan’ happened

  The last blog on Powerful weekly plan.  received a good response. Yes, I’ve used the weekly plan for many years, especially it took me through tough times. I found it extremely effective. You must be wondering how I got to it? Well, actually it’s an amalgamation of several theories, and then making some adaptations to make …

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Allama Iqbal’s Tulip of Sinai

 Shireen Studio’s first book is published! – My friend tells me, “Now the real work starts!” The most EXCITING thing in my life is the printing of my first publication: yes, Allama Iqbal’s Tulip of Sinai, illustrated and published by Shireen Gheba Najib.  It contains the first two poems from Iqbal’s Persian book ‘Message from the …