Home > PEN World Voices > Abidi Azhar Abidi Azhar Abidi was born in Wah, Pakistan in 1968. After going to school in England and Australia, Abidi co-founded the literary magazine Cipher, which published works of Pakistani writers writing in English from Karachi, Pakistan between 1993 and 1994. Abidi's work has been published in the Australian literary journal Meanjin and Passarola Rising is his first novel. He lives in Melbourne, Australia. Abidi Online Read "Rosa" on Words Without Borders. >>More Read Abidi's "The Secret History of the Flying Carpet" in The Southwest Review. >>More The New York Times review of Passarola Rising. >>More WORLD VOICES EVENTS Wednesday, April 26 at 1:00 Writing Faith Saturday, April 29 at 6:00 BenettonTalk Young Writers Series: Azhar Abidi & Monique Truong Saturday, April 29 at 8:00 Dual Citizenship Azhar Abidi on Faith & Reason To my mind, the human experience is far too rich, mysterious and deep to be reduced to the limited methods of logic, science, and rationalism. Surely whether something cannot be proven by reason does not mean that it does not exist. >> Read more Home | Site Map | Copyright / Privacy Policy | Contact Us © 2004-2012 PEN American Center. All rights reserved.