{"id":3664,"date":"2017-12-30T17:44:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-30T17:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/?p=3664"},"modified":"2020-08-17T19:37:51","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T19:37:51","slug":"throwback-to-2017-and-all-it-entailed-for-qissa-and-daastan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/throwback-to-2017-and-all-it-entailed-for-qissa-and-daastan\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback to 2017 and All it Entailed for Qissa and Daastan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Qissa<\/a>, Daastan<\/a>\u2019s self-publishing platform which was treasured like a baby by the team and for which most of us worked day and night, took off so swiftly upon its launch as if it was a bird . Each day brought with itself significant happenings that overjoyed those working for its betterment, and made them even more invested in the platform. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daastan\u2019s Tree Branching Out:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The year of 2017 was a very fruitful one for Daastan<\/a>, and by the end of it the team itself had grown so strong that quite a few started ventures of their own<\/em>. The projects included but were not limited to Words and Metaphors<\/a>, which was founded by Daastan\u2019s Co-founder Sidra Amin, and was KPK\u2019s first spoken word platform. Along with this, many of the Literary Fellows of Batch Two founded magazines<\/a>, and service companies<\/a> of their own. Daastan was now the likeness of a strong tree, with branches shooting off in every direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Details of Qissa\u2019s Astounding Year:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In between all this, we were also chosen by extremely talented writers from all across Pakistan to publish their books. Qissa became home to the writing portfolio of an award-winning journalist<\/a> with over 12 years of experience under his belt, Mr. Omar Iftikhar<\/a>. This was followed by Daastan\u2019s first ever international publication, by the name of \u201cThe Ancient Souls\u201d<\/a>, in which we finally got the chance to showcase Pakistan\u2019s talent on a global level.
We brought all 22 of the finalists of The Stories Untold Season Two to print, launching what was to be the start of professional writing career for most, and turned carefully preserved dreams into reality for all.
Numerous crowd funding campaigns were launched for authors who chose us and trusted us to publish their work, which included Daastan\u2019s first Urdu book in print, by Farheen Naz<\/a> – a renowed digest writer, and an extremely bold publication titled \u201cWhy I Stopped Wearing Abaya<\/a>\u201d to highlight the social issue of imposed pardah on the women of Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n