A Splintering “is an intriguing intervention in a literary tradition that has long privileged male desire and male transgression.”

Iqra Shagufta Cheema reviews Dur e Aziz Amna’s second novel.
@cheema.bsky.social

worldliteraturetoday.org/2026/may/spl...

Wrote an op-ed on the trend of Pakistani TV dramas casting young girls into adults roles.
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Published my first poetry translations with @lakeermag.bsky.social.

Hear me read the translations of both poems at these links:

Maiñ Bach Ga.ī Maañ: lakeermag.com/zehra-nigah-...

Yahan Dildār Begum Dafn Hai: lakeermag.com/zehra-nigah-...

Hello Iqra @cheema.bsky.social your insightful analysis in Paindoo: Punjabi as an Accent is a powerful contribution to language politics in postcolonial Pakistan. You unravel the complexities of Punjabi identity with depth and nuance. A thought-provoking and necessary work!

Great work in Punjabi language studies is on its way after Alyssa Ayres. "Paindoo: Punjabi as an Accent" by Prof. Iqra Cheema @cheema.bsky.social is a really promising start to what I hope will be a broader project on language, class, politics, and aesthetics.

Finally found the time to go for a long walk & this trail is a stunner!!!

Some blue skies as my first post on Bluesky.

giregī kal bhī yahī dhuup aur yahī shabnam
is āsmāñ se nahīñ aur kuch utarne kā