Word around town: Celebrities on their favourite books

Celebrities talk about their favourite books and what they like about them

VJ/Model Urwa Tul Wusqa



My favourite book is Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist. I am into philosophical books so found this one very interesting and meaningful. The different experiences of the protagonist makes one realise their own journey and experiences, the story is very relatable. There are a lot of meaningful quotes from the book that I often recall but one of my favourite is “When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

Fashion Guru Frieha Altaf



I don’t have one but many favourite books, like The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy it is written beautifully! I personally prefer reading books by writers from the sub continent as they have so much expression and flavour in their writing and so much culture and heritage. There is so much more that really enlightens me.

Designer Huma Adnan



I generally don’t get the time to read books but when I do, I love exploring regions and their fashion and craft. My favourite these days is Russian Elegance: Country and City Fashion from the 15th to the Early 20th Century by L V Efimova. It’s all about how women dressed in 1730s, when the sheer fabrics and rather clinging styles of neo-classical dresses became fashionable.

Actor Fahad Mirza



It’s a tough call to choose one book to name as my favourite. However, if I do have to choose I would pick Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead. The story is about two parallel worlds, the protagonists in the story become architects despite the differences in their backgrounds. One hails from an ordinary family and is a self-made man while the other has been privileged and is born in a wealthy family. It teaches one to strive hard in ones journey, believe in what they do and ignore any criticism they might hear.

Published in The Express Tribune, Ms T, September 28^th, 2014.