Zubair Torwali

Writer and Activist, Pakistan

Zubair Torwali is a writer and activist for the rights of all the marginalised linguistic communities of north Pakistan. He is the founder of the civil society organisation Idara Baraye Taleem o Taraqi, and the author of Muffled Voices: Longing for a Pluralist and Peaceful Pakistan (2015), among others. He lives in Bahrain, Pakistan.

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Written by Zubair Torwali

A family inside a colourful room. A woman rolls dough. A man, child, and other women sit nearby. A young girl stands behind them wearing a knitted hat.

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Language and linguistics

The polyglots of Dardistan

At the crossroads of south and central Asia lies one of the world’s most multilingual places, with songs and poetry to match

Zubair Torwali