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Mohammed Hanif
Writing the political satire A Case of Exploding Mangoes.
A Case of Exploding Mangoes · Our Lady of Alice Bhatti
- Born
- November 1964
- Birthplace
- Okara, Pakistan
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Mohammed Hanif
Mohammed Hanif is a Pakistani-British novelist and journalist whose fiction examines power through dark humour.
Early life
Punjab childhood
Grew up in Okara.
Pilot training
Graduated from the Pakistan Air Force Academy before turning to journalism.
Career
- 1996
BBC move
Moved to London to work for the Urdu service.
- 2008
First novel
Published A Case of Exploding Mangoes and returned to Pakistan.
- 2018
Further fiction
Published Red Birds.
Selected work
A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Imagines events around General Zia-ul-Haq’s fatal plane crash.
Our Lady of Alice Bhatti
Follows a nurse facing social and religious barriers.
Red Birds
Uses a desert setting to satirise war and humanitarian intervention.
Beyond work
Family
Married actor Nimra Bucha.
Public protest
Returned his Sitara-e-Imtiaz award in 2023 in protest over treatment of Baloch demonstrators.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and career ↗Further source ↗Identity and date cross-check ↗Photo: Hps-poll reserv-art.de. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
