“Yokai,” The BeZine, Vol. 9, Issue 3, Winter 2022, Jan. 2023— https://thebezine.com/portfolio/yokai-waqas-khwaja/?fbclid=IwAR1LiJc1YSxUeTbbxffeMeTfPqHH8L-yOlb592nCe4QSnmQIAWAFzeEykUs
“i saw her in al-andalus,” in Arabic translation by Nizar Sartawi, Saddana, Jan. 2, 2023–http://www.saddana.com/forum/showthread.php?t=41043
“Literary Preservation and Innovation: A Conversation with Professor Waqas Khwaja.” RawPods: Creative Thought and Expression (Poetry/Art/Philosophy). Moderator and Host: Muniba Mahmud. Rawanee (rawanee.com), UK. Sept. 11, 2022 — https://podcasts.apple.com/tt/podcast/literary-preservation-and-innovation-a/id1573717456?i=1000598036513
“Falling from the skies,” and “if i were any good,” in Arabic translation by Nizar Sartawi, Uruk, publication of the Iraq Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Archaeology, Issue 58, May 31, 2022
“Words Out Loud” Poetry Reading on Zoom, Friday, 7:30 PM, US EST, May 6, 2022, http://wkhwaja.agnesscott.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022_words-out-loud_poetry-reading.jpeg
http://wkhwaja.agnesscott.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Ad-Dastour_if-i-were-any-good_Arabic-translation-by-Nizar-Sartawi.docx, Ad-Dastour, Jordan, April 8, 2022.
Arabic Translation by Nizar Sartawi of “Hold Your Breath,” https://www.almothaqaf.com/c1d-3/962252-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A8%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%83?fbclid=IwAR1IRqiLxuSEIPe3i720o8zHnlzlsmlSrg7sLDKJOwcN_iQRiAjvr1hlum0#comment-168286,0, Al-Mohtaqaf, Jordan, April 4, 2022.
Virtual message and poem, shared by invitation from the poet Roza Boyanova, Union of Bulgarian Writers, World Poetry Day, Burgas, Bulgaria, March 21, 2022. Translation in Bulgarian read out by Roza Boyanova.
Poetry Reading, with Basudhara Roy Chatterjee (India), Shadab Zeest Hashmi (Pakistan/American), Shagufta Hussein (Bangladesh), Mawar Marzuki (Malaysia), Nizar Sartawi (Jordon), Deema Shehabi (Palestine/American), Verse Universe, World Poetry Day, Karim City College, March 21, 2022— https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEvtMykOw9Y
Five poems: “paths of desire,” “Night after night,” “Food where it is needed,” “prickled clay,” and “The Blind Horseman,” curated by Agron Shele, Atunis Galaxy Poetry, October 17, 2021
Four poems, “It is not I,” “i hold a prayer of thorns in my palms,” “if i were any good,” and “Without hunger or thirst,” in Poetry at Sangam, India, curated by Ammar Aziz, April 2021:
Panel Discussion, “Joginder Paul: Narrating Partition,” Dr. Amrita Ghosh, Moderator; Panelists, Sukrita Paul Kumar, Dr. Chandana Dutta, and Waqas Khwaja, Swedish South Asian Studies Network, Lund University, Zoom event, Feb. 2, 2021
Panel, “In Covid Times: What do you Read and Write?,” Muneeza Shamsie, Moderator; Panelists, Ahdaf Soueif, Ritu Menon, Haroon Khalid Akhtar, and Waqas Khwaja, Readings & Discussion, Oxford U Press, 7th Islamabad Literature Festival, online/Zoom, Oct. 27, 2020
Video representation of “Messenger Pigeons” by Kashmiri artist and videographer Masood Hussain https://youtu.be/PHfhSS69x1I December 2020
Interview, and three poems, My Underwear, Paper Boats, & Poetry, The Blue Mountain Review, Issue 10, 2018, https://issuu.com/collectivemedia/docs/theblue10/120
“It is the end of the world,” “Food, where it is needed,” “Awakened by a hum,” in Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies Vol. 6 (2018) http://pakistaniaat.org/index.php/pak/article/view/346
Khwaja named Ellen Douglas Leyburn Professor of English, Agnes Scott College, May 13, 2017;
Writers and Scholars’ Series, Launching Hold Your Breath, poetry reading and book signing, Alston Center, Agnes Scott College, April 25, 2017; [link]
Book Launch, “Hold Your Breath,” organized by Sukhan Baraey Ama’an (Arts for Peace), Pakistan Academy of Letters, April 17, 2017; [link]
“Tribute to Khawaja Khurshid Anwar,” PTV Word, The Classics Show, Waqas Khwaja in conversation with compere Shabnam Riaz, April 16, 2017; [link]
Poetry Reading, English Poetry–Mixed Voices: Poets from Home and Abroad. Participants, Blaine Marchand, Waqas Khwaja, Harris Khalique, Azka Khan, Orooj e Zafar, Waqas Naeem, Mehvash Amin, and Risham Amjad. Moderator: Ilona Yusuf. Fifth Annual Islamabad Literature Festival, Sangam Hall, Hotel Margala, Islamabad, April 15, 2017;
Book Launch, Hybrid Tapestries: The Development of Pakistani Literature in English by Muneeza Shamsie. Panelists, Navid Shahzad, Aroosa Kanwal, Muneeza Shamsie, and Waqas Khwaja. Moderator: Tariq Rahman. Fifth Annual Islamabad Literature Festival, Margalla Hall, Hotel Margala, Islamabad, April 15, 2017; [link]
Book Launch, Hold Your Breath, Islamabad Literature Festival (ILF), April 14, 2017
Two Poems: “I Was Born an Enemy” and “I Am Afraid of Muslims”
“What could be stranger,” with translation in Irish by Gabriel Rosenstock, and on the PoetryIndia website, Feb. 2017
“I was born an enemy,” Wild River Review, Jan. 2017
“a breath, a word,” for Eric Garner, Wild River Review, Jan. 2017
“I am afraid of Muslims,” with translation in Italian, Margutte, Oct. 2016
Translation of Nasreen Anjum Bhatti’s Punjabi poem “Shamlaat,”
100 Thousand Poets for Change, Frannie Auditorium, Campbell, Agnes Scott College, Sept. 13, 2016
100 Thousand Poets for Change, Frannie Auditorium, Campbell, Agnes Scott College, Sept. 26, 2015
“Who is it?” Translation of Nasreen Anjum Bhatti’s poem “Ve Kehraa En”, Umang, Oct. 2014
100 Thousand Poets for Change, Campbell Hall Auditorium, Sept. 27, 2014
“Can Poets Change the World,” Create and Do: In Search for Peace: Marsaxlook, Malta, Sept. 7, 2014,
Celebrating Literature: Conversation with Sana Husain, editor, The Missing Slate, July, 2014
“unclassified i,” poem, The Missing Slate, Issue 9, July 2013
“Farewell” and “Dreams,” poems, Sugarmule: A Literary Magazine, Issue 43, Borders and Partitions: South Asia Diaspora, Soniah Kamal, Guest Ed., May 2013
“Marketplace of Voices,” from Poetry and Voice, Stephanie Norgate and Ellie Paddington, eds., 2012
“What a Difference a Word Makes,” interview, Wild River Review, August 2012
“Coat,” poem, Wild River Review, August 2012
“Poetics of Storytelling,” Herald/Dawn, May, 2012
“Triptych,” poem, Vallum, 9:1, Jan. 2012
“Sir William Jones: An Imperial Appetite—Romancing the Orient, Espousing the Empire,” Joseph R. Gladden, Jr., Public Lecture, Agnes Scott College, Nov. 8, 2011
“I Bide My Time,” poem, Wild River Review, Aug. 2011
Book launch, Modern Poetry of Pakistan, Nairang Art Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan, July 29, 2011
Book launch, Modern Poetry of Pakistan: Kuch Khaas, Islamabad, July 17, 2011,
Word from Asia: Pakistan, with Hasina Gul and Fahmida Riaz, launching of Modern Poetry of Pakistan, Asia Society, sponsored by PEN International, Granta, Dalkey Archive, and Asia Society, New York, April 30, 2011, http://asiasociety.org/video/arts-culture/word-asia-pakistan-complete
“Interview: Waqas Khwaja, The Translator as Ambassador,” Asia Society web page, April 2011
“Urdu Writing in India and Pakistan,” Words Without Borders, Oct. 2010
“Modern Poetry of Pakistan: An Introduction, Anthology’s editor offers background on a major cultural tradition,” Asia Society web page, April 2011
Clayton State University poetry reading and discussion, Oct. 16, 2008
Literary Engagements 2011
Book Launch for Modern Poetry of Pakistan: Kuch Khaas, Islamabad, Pakistan
Book Launch for Modern Poetry of Pakistan: Kuch Khaas, Islamabad, Pakistan-Part 2
Word from Asia: Pakistan, with Hasina Gul and Fahmida Riaz, launching of Modern Poetry of Pakistan, Asia Society, sponsored by PEN International, Granta, Dalkey Archive, and Asia Society, New York, April 30, 2011
Link to video of Translation Slam (Quicktime plugin required)
Saturday, April 30, 4:00pm
Asia Society, 725 Park Ave., New York City
Modern Poetry of Pakistan
Pakistani poets Fahimida Riaz and Hasina Gul join Waqas Khwaja, translation editor of the anthology, for a discussion of Pakistani poetry, including the challenges and pleasures of translating. Fahmida Riaz and Hasina Gul will also read from their poetry.
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May 3, 2011, 7:00pm
United Way of Greater Houston
50 Waugh Drive, Houston, TX
Modern Poetry of Pakistan event in Houston. Poetry reading and discussion–Fehmida Riaz, Hasina Gul, and Waqas Khwaja, and other Asia Society Events
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Click here for information on my presentation at the 2011 Savannah Book Festival
Click here for information on the 2011 Savannah Book Festival
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