{"id":5948,"date":"2020-09-05T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T10:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/?p=5948"},"modified":"2020-09-05T10:00:13","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T10:00:13","slug":"thousands-of-desires-book-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/thousands-of-desires-book-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of Desires\u2019 Book Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Countless <em>crumbled ideas<\/em> tossed in the bin, <em>endless<\/em> editing and 27 meltdowns later, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meraqissa.com\/book\/1666\">Thousands of Desires<\/a> is finally ready to be devoured. <a href=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/\">Daastan<\/a> takes pride in announcing the Book Launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meraqissa.com\/Alisheikhqalb\">Ali Sheikh<\/a>\u2019s masterpiece. So make some space on your bookshelves because you would not want to miss it! You can now get your copy of the book from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meraqissa.com\/book\/1666\">Qissa<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meraqissa.com\/book\/1666\"><span class=\"td_btn td_btn_md td_outlined_btn\">Buy Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>About \u2018Thousands of Desires\u2019 by Ali Sheikh<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meraqissa.com\/Alisheikhqalb\">Ali Sheikh<\/a> is an <em>author<\/em>, <em>lecturer<\/em> and <em>motivational speaker <\/em>currently studying architecture and design studies at the University of Liverpool. He aims to be a voice for those supressed by <em>patriarchy.<\/em> To eliminate the unrealistic <em>cultural practices<\/em> of the society is his aim. Especially for the <em>transgender<\/em>, <em>women<\/em> and people suffering from <em>mental health<\/em> issues. \u2018Thousands of Desires\u2019 does a remarkable job of highlighting these issues by raising awareness through s a great story with <em>female leads<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>Book Launch event in Islamabad<\/h2>\n<p>On <strong>26<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong> of August, a book launch event was arranged for the release of \u2018Thousands of Desires\u2019 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Our <em>diverse<\/em> guest panel included literary fanatics from Lahore and Islamabad. They indulged in <em>philosophical<\/em> discussions about the <em>cultural<\/em> <em>norms<\/em> in our society.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ms-Aliya-Naseer.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5954\" src=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ms-Aliya-Naseer-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ms-Aliya-Naseer-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ms-Aliya-Naseer-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ms-Aliya-Naseer-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ms-Aliya-Naseer-696x696.jpg 696w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ms-Aliya-Naseer.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ommer-Amer.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5955\" src=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ommer-Amer-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ommer-Amer-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ommer-Amer-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ommer-Amer-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ommer-Amer-696x696.jpg 696w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ommer-Amer.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Orooj-e-Zafar.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5956\" src=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Orooj-e-Zafar-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Orooj-e-Zafar-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Orooj-e-Zafar-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Orooj-e-Zafar-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Orooj-e-Zafar-696x696.jpg 696w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Orooj-e-Zafar.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Dr-Shaheena-Ayub-Bhatti-and-Ali-Sheikh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5957\" src=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Dr-Shaheena-Ayub-Bhatti-and-Ali-Sheikh-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Shaheena Ayub Bhatti and Ali Sheikh at Book Launch of Thousands of desires\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Dr-Shaheena-Ayub-Bhatti-and-Ali-Sheikh-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Dr-Shaheena-Ayub-Bhatti-and-Ali-Sheikh-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Dr-Shaheena-Ayub-Bhatti-and-Ali-Sheikh-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Dr-Shaheena-Ayub-Bhatti-and-Ali-Sheikh-696x696.jpg 696w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Dr-Shaheena-Ayub-Bhatti-and-Ali-Sheikh.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Panel included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontlinedefenders.org\/en\/profile\/nayyab-ali\">Ms. Nayyab Ali<\/a>\u00a0an <em>international award winning transgender rights activist <\/em>who is currently working at <em>UNDP<\/em>. We were also joined by <a href=\"https:\/\/fjwu.edu.pk\/director-wrrc\/\">Dr. Shaheena Ayub Bhatti<\/a> (<em>Professor<\/em> of English and <em>Director<\/em> Women Research and Resource centre at Fatima Jinnah Women University), Ms Kanwal Khoosat (<em>Executive Director<\/em> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/olomopolo\/\">Olomopolo Media<\/a>) and many other <em>talented<\/em> individuals!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Book-launch-Panelists.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5958\" src=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Book-launch-Panelists-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Book-launch-Panelists-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Book-launch-Panelists-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Book-launch-Panelists-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Book-launch-Panelists-696x696.jpg 696w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Book-launch-Panelists.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kanwal-Khoosat-and-Ali-Sheikh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5959\" src=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kanwal-Khoosat-and-Ali-Sheikh-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kanwal Khoosat and Ali Sheikh at book launch of Thousand of Desires\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kanwal-Khoosat-and-Ali-Sheikh-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kanwal-Khoosat-and-Ali-Sheikh-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kanwal-Khoosat-and-Ali-Sheikh-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kanwal-Khoosat-and-Ali-Sheikh-696x696.jpg 696w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kanwal-Khoosat-and-Ali-Sheikh.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr Shaheena Ayub talked about how the <em>cultural treatment<\/em> of Transgenders is so deeply embodied in the minds of individuals living in our <em>society.<\/em> She emphasised on creating maximum awareness to <em>break<\/em> these <em>stereotypes<\/em>. <em>Ms. Aliya Naseer Farooq<\/em> also interacted with the audience through talking about the shared <em>struggles of writing and publishing<\/em> so plainly.<\/p>\n<h2>Publishing with Daastan<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/\">Daastan<\/a> came into being around <strong>6<\/strong> years ago and has published about <strong>10,000<\/strong> books from <strong>17 <\/strong>different <em>countries<\/em> ever since. We, at <a href=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/\">Daastan<\/a>, intend to provide a <em>platform<\/em> for writers who want their <em>voices<\/em> to be <em>heard<\/em> and their <em>stories<\/em> put out there for the world to see! With our <em>encouragement and support<\/em>, we believe that you <em>too<\/em>, can launch your book. So <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meraqissa.com\/signup.php\">Sign up<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/\">Daastan<\/a> and we\u2019ll get in touch in with you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meraqissa.com\/signup.php\"><span class=\"td_btn td_btn_md td_outlined_btn\">Sign up<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Countless crumbled ideas tossed in the bin, endless editing and 27 meltdowns later, Thousands of Desires is finally ready to be devoured. Daastan takes pride in announcing the Book Launch of Ali Sheikh\u2019s masterpiece. 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