Azhar NOONARI  اظهر نوناري  (fiction writer, translator; Pakistan) made his debut in 2016 with the novel [Black Bird in a White Cage] in 2016; in 2019, his story “اجنبي” [The Stranger] won the Naseem Kharl Short Story Prize. His many translations between English and Sindhi, of both fiction and non-fiction,  have been published in Sindh's leading literary publications; in 2023, a novel will be published that retells Homer's Iliad with elements from Indian and Arab history and mythology. He teaches at the Islamia College of  Arts and Commerce. His participation was made possible by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.