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Fatima Bhutto (Template:Langx; Template:Langx, born 29 May 1982) is a Pakistani writer and columnist. Born in Kabul, she is the daughter of politician Murtaza Bhutto, sister of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Jr, niece of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and granddaughter of former Prime Minister and President of Pakistan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.<ref name="bloodline">Template:Cite news</ref> She was raised in Syria and Karachi, and received her bachelor's degree from Barnard College, followed by a master's degree from the SOAS University of London.<ref name= "SOAS">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Bhutto is a critic of her aunt Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zardari, whom she accused of involvement in her father's murder.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=NDTV>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Her non-fiction book, Songs of Blood and Sword (2010), is about her family.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Bhutto has written for The News and The Guardian among other publications.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Early life and educationEdit

Bhutto was born on 29 May 1982 to Murtaza Bhutto and his Afghan wife, Fauzia Fasihudin Bhutto, the daughter of Afghanistan's former foreign affairs official in Kabul.<ref name="bloodline"/> Her father was in exile during the military regime of general Zia-ul-Haq. Her parents divorced when she was three years old and her father took Bhutto with him, moving from country to country and she grew up effectively stateless. Her father met Ghinwa Bhutto, a Lebanese ballet teacher in 1989 during his exile in Syria and they married. Bhutto considers Ghinwa as her real mother. Her half-brother Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Jr. is an artist based in San Francisco.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Bhutto is the granddaughter of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Nusrat Bhutto, an Iranian Kurd, niece of Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zardari, and Shahnawaz Bhutto.<ref name="bloodline"/><ref>Langley, William. (15 February 2009) Fatima Bhutto: A beauty to tame George Clooney – and even Pakistan?. Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved on 2016-12-31.</ref> Her father was killed by the police in 1996 in Karachi during the premiership of his sister, Benazir Bhutto. Her biological mother Fauzia Fasihudin unsuccessfully tried to gain parental custody of Bhutto.<ref name="bloodline"/> She lives with her stepmother<ref name="whoswho">Template:Cite news</ref> in Old Clifton, Karachi.<ref name="bloodline"/>

Bhutto received her secondary education at the Karachi American School. She received a B.A. degree summa cum laude, majoring in Middle Eastern and Asian languages and cultures<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> from Barnard College, an affiliated women's liberal arts college of Columbia University, in New York, United States, in 2004.<ref>Three Barnard alumnae nominated for Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction Template:Webarchive Barnard College</ref> She received her M.A. in South Asian Studies from the SOAS, University of London in 2005, there she wrote her dissertation on the resistance movement in Pakistan.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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Publications and politicsEdit

In 1998, at the age of 15, Bhutto published her first book named Whispers of The Desert. Her second book 8.50 a.m. 8 October 2005 marks the moment of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake; it records accounts of those affected.<ref>A novel approach Template:Webarchive Telegraph India</ref>

Bhutto's family memoir Songs of Blood and Sword was published in 2010. In the book Bhutto accuses her aunt Benazir and her husband Asif Zardari for killing her father Murtaza. The book got mixed to negative reviews from critics for being biased on the history of her family.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Several family members have accused her of falsifying information.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In November 2013, her first fictional novel The Shadow Of The Crescent Moon published. The book had been long-listed in 2014 for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction.<ref>Fatima Bhutto nominated for fiction prize Dawn</ref> In 2015 Bhutto's short story titled Democracy, an e-book, under Penguin Books was released.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2019, her second novel, The Runaways was published. The book explores three young Muslim men's journey to radicalization. The novel received critical acclaim for its subject.<ref>The Runaways by Fatima Bhutto review – pathways to Islamist extremism The Guardian</ref><ref>‘The Runaways’ by Fatima Bhutto: She has the ear for the slightest details of the human condition The Hindu</ref><ref>Pakistani author Fatima Bhutto to come out with new novel. Here's when you buy it Hindustan Times</ref> In October of the same year , New Kings of the World: Dispatches from Bollywood, Dizi and K-Pop was published. Tash Aw in the Financial Times described it as a "razor-sharp, intriguing introduction to the various pop phenomena emerging from Asia."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Following the assassination of her aunt, Benazir Bhutto in 2007, there was speculation over her entrance into politics. In an interview, she has stated that for now she prefers to remain active through her activism and writing, rather than through elected office<ref name="bloodline"/> and that she has to "rule a political career out entirely because of the effect of dynasties on Pakistan", referring to the Bhutto family dynasty and its ties to Pakistani politics. Although Bhutto is politically active, she is not affiliated with any political party.<ref>SONGS OF CORRUPTION: Christian Parenti with Fatima Bhutto. The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved on 31 December 2016.</ref>

Bhutto also mentors several South Asian writers as the Head of Climate Projects at the SouthAsia Speaks Literary Fellowship<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal lifeEdit

In 2009, it was reported that she was in a relationship with George Clooney,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> but neither she nor Clooney ever confirmed their relationship.

On April 27, 2023, Bhutto married American national Graham Byra, who adopted the name Gibran following his conversion to Islam.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The ceremony was held in Fatima's ancestral home in Karachi.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Byra holds a Master of Arts in organizational psychology from Columbia University.

Regarding her religious faith, Bhutto has stated that she is a cultural Muslim and describes herself as a secularist.<ref>Fatima Bhutto's interview in Italy Youtube</ref><ref>Fatima Bhutto: ‘Everything is political, if you do it right’ Asia Times</ref> She has defended Islam on many occasions and supported Muslim women's right to wear burqa.<ref>Fatima Bhutto: “The Islam that I know gives women a lot of rights” Template:Webarchive Vogue</ref><ref>Fatima Bhutto: “Everyone connects the burqa to oppression, but this isn’t the full story” Verdict</ref>

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