Writings Of Hamza Alavi
Professor Hamza Alavi is one of the few eminent scholars in the West who have written so extensively on Pakistan. Based on years of research and scholarship, his work reflects a progressive outlook of developments in Pakistan, its society, and its history. Spanning over a period of three decades, his writings deal with social, political, economic, and historical issues. These issues include, among others, social structures of the Pakistani society, ethnicity, problems of developing societies, history of dictatorship in Pakistan and almost parallel development of its reliance on the US.
This Web site is an on going effort to publish most, if not all, of Hamza Alavi's works on the Internet to the benefit of general readers as well researchers interested in Pakistan. In
Fragments a of Life, Professor Hamza Alavi describes his life history, his academic background, and a list of all his books and publications. Finally, in Notes For Friends section we are publishing letters Hamza Alavi wrote to friends. These are basically his opinions in response to some intellectual question at hand. We will like use this section as a forum, and response from readers can also be included in this section.