Tariq Mehmood

Tariq Mehmood is a novelist and filmmaker. Among his works are the novel Hand On The Sun, on the experience of racism by young migrants to the UK, and While There Is Lighta novel backdropped by of the case of the BRADFORD 12, where 12 young men who defended their community were charged on conspiracy offenses. Tariq was one of the leading defendants. All 12 were acquitted. His latest novel  is You’re Not Here, in which one brother goes missing in action in Afghanistan, the other falls in love with an Afghan girl in England. He is a member of Migrant Media, a film collective, the makers of the multi-award winning and ground breaking films Injustice (2001) and Ultraviolence (2020), now preparing a film on the case of the  BRADFORD 12.

My Lebanese Landlord, Lebanese Bankdits, and German Racism

My Lebanese Landlord, Lebanese Bankdits, and German Racism

Racism props up its ugly head from every quarter, but Tariq Mehmood refuses to be deterred.

15 DECEMBER 2021 • By Tariq Mehmood
“The Settlement”—a story by Tariq Mehmood

“The Settlement”—a story by Tariq Mehmood

From Tariq Mehmood comes an allegorical story with the strange beauty and simplicity of a tale by Ghassan...

15 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Tariq Mehmood
“Pakistani Bureaucrats & The Booze Permit”—a story by Tariq Mehmood

“Pakistani Bureaucrats & The Booze Permit”—a story by Tariq Mehmood

Novelist and filmmaker Tariq Mehmood weaves a tale of wasta, women and booze in Rawalpindi.

14 JUNE 2021 • By Tariq Mehmood
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