{"product_id":"enter-stage-left-salima-hashmi-with-maryam-hasan-9780143469704","title":"Enter Stage Left: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e Returning to Pakistan in 1970 after a spell in England, Salima and her husband, Shoaib Hashmi, plunge into Pakistani cultural and political life. Along with her teaching at the National College of Arts, Lahore, where she pioneered a new system of art education, Salima also found time to dabble in photography, advertising and television. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1972, Shoaib and Salima conceived, scripted and acted in the pathbreaking \u003ci\u003eAkkar Bakkar \u003c\/i\u003eon Pakistan TV (PTV). \u003ci\u003eAkkar Bakkar\u003c\/i\u003e ran for six months and became the first Pakistani television programme to win an international award. \u003ci\u003eSuch Gup \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTaal Matol, \u003c\/i\u003eboth hugely popular programs, soon followed. It was a time of creativity and innovation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During this time, Salima and Shoaib also became parents to Mira and Yasser. This period of Salima's life came to an end with the ascent to power in 1977 of Gen. Zia-ul-Haq. Amidst a program of Islamization and a clampdown of dissent, Salima also had to deal with her father Faiz's second spell of self-exile to Beirut between 1979 and 1982. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnter Stage Left, \u003c\/i\u003ethe second of Salima's two-volume memoir brings us up to date with events in Salima's and Pakistan's life until the present day. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Salima Hashmi with Maryam Hasan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143469703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143469704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e India Viking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Salima Hashmi with Maryam Hasan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48520088617215,"sku":"9780143469704","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5eb99062-8994-48c4-bbb1-c9579c7d0716.jpg?v=1778740673","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/enter-stage-left-salima-hashmi-with-maryam-hasan-9780143469704","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}