Surfing in Pakistan
How Great Books, Art, Language, and the Internet Unite Two People, Two Cultures, and All of Us
Caleb Powell, Sana Nasim
When Pakistani artist and polio survivor Sana Nasim reaches out to Caleb Powell, blogger for the Karachi-based Express Tribune, an extraordinary and transformative friendship begins. She questions her will to live and wants to improve her English, he wants to create a work of art.
In the tradition of Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran, they read and discuss the opuses of Truman Capote, Harper Lee, W. Somerset Maugham, Toni Morrison, and Barbara Kingsolver, pushing Sana to write moving and powerful stories of life in Pakistan.
Publication Date: February 18, 2026
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About The Author
Caleb Powell
Caleb Powell is a teacher living in the Pacific Northwest with his family. He has written for Pakistan’s Express Tribune Blogs and his work is in The Sun Magazine, The Superstition Review, and Zyzzyva. His collaboration with David Shields, I Think You’re Totally Wrong: A Quarrel, was published by Knopf in 2015.
Sana Nasim
Sana Nasim lives and paints in Sialkot, Pakistan, and works for a non-government organization helping disabled children.
