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Qalam Series: Pankaj Mishra in Conversation with Kamila Shamsie

Pankaj Mishra in Conversation with Kamila Shamsie

November 18, 2025 @ 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM

Library, Georgetown University in Qatar

Event poster featuring Pankaj Mishra and Kamila Shamsie for the Qalam Series at Georgetown University Qatar on November 18, 2025. Includes photos of both writers and details about their achievements and event timing.

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Pankaj Mishra in Conversation with Kamila Shamsie

Pankaj Mishra is a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, London Review of Books, and The New Yorker, and the author of two books of history, From the Ruins of Empire and Age of Anger: A History of the Present. His most recent books are Run and Hide: A Novel and The World After Gaza, which was published in February 2025. He is one of the founders of Equator, a new venue for art and thought.

Speakers

Kamila Shamsie

Pankaj Mishra

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