Osama Siddique
Osama Siddique اُسامہ صدیق writes fiction as well as non-fiction and in both English and Urdu.
He has written historical fiction that encompasses multiple eras ranging from ancient history to the near future as well as the diverse themes of time, religion, philosophy, ideas, architecture, archaeology, arts, iconic figures, progress, political systems, apartheids, evil and dissent.
In non-fiction he has written about history of evolution of laws in colonial and post-colonial settings, the elites that capture and control such laws, and their impact on ordinary citizens. He has also written about laws and politics as well as the politics of laws; about laws and society and the sociology of laws; and about rights and their violation as well as enforcement.
Dr. Osama Siddique is a Pakistani novelist, legal scholar, teacher and policy reform consultant. He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and holds Masters and Doctoral degrees from Harvard Law School. He has also taught at Harvard Law as the Inaugural Henry J. Steiner Visiting Professor in Human Rights. Osama is also a graduate of Government College University and LUMS and has taught at the latter for many years where he also led the establishment of and headed its Law and Policy School.
Osama works in the areas of sociology of law, legal history, human rights, constitutional law, access to justice, and law and development. He also serves on the Senior Faculty of Institute for Global Law & Policy (IGLP) at Harvard. He is also deeply interested in the areas of archeology, ancient and medieval history, literary fiction, science fiction, the natural world, mythology and fantasy.
Snuffing Out the Moon is his first novel and set in six distinct historical eras in South Asia. Ghuroob e Shehr Ka Waqt is his first Urdu novel and laments the decline and looming death of a city.
His book 'Pakistan's Experience with Formal Law: An Alien Justice' was declared the best non-fiction book of the year at the Karachi Literature Festival (KLF), 2014. It also won the American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS) Annual Book Prize 2014-15.
He has written historical fiction that encompasses multiple eras ranging from ancient history to the near future as well as the diverse themes of time, religion, philosophy, ideas, architecture, archaeology, arts, iconic figures, progress, political systems, apartheids, evil and dissent.
In non-fiction he has written about history of evolution of laws in colonial and post-colonial settings, the elites that capture and control such laws, and their impact on ordinary citizens. He has also written about laws and politics as well as the politics of laws; about laws and society and the sociology of laws; and about rights and their violation as well as enforcement.
Dr. Osama Siddique is a Pakistani novelist, legal scholar, teacher and policy reform consultant. He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and holds Masters and Doctoral degrees from Harvard Law School. He has also taught at Harvard Law as the Inaugural Henry J. Steiner Visiting Professor in Human Rights. Osama is also a graduate of Government College University and LUMS and has taught at the latter for many years where he also led the establishment of and headed its Law and Policy School.
Osama works in the areas of sociology of law, legal history, human rights, constitutional law, access to justice, and law and development. He also serves on the Senior Faculty of Institute for Global Law & Policy (IGLP) at Harvard. He is also deeply interested in the areas of archeology, ancient and medieval history, literary fiction, science fiction, the natural world, mythology and fantasy.
Snuffing Out the Moon is his first novel and set in six distinct historical eras in South Asia. Ghuroob e Shehr Ka Waqt is his first Urdu novel and laments the decline and looming death of a city.
His book 'Pakistan's Experience with Formal Law: An Alien Justice' was declared the best non-fiction book of the year at the Karachi Literature Festival (KLF), 2014. It also won the American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS) Annual Book Prize 2014-15.
