Khalid Hussain ( ur, خالد حسین; born 1969 in

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

) is a Norwegian-Pakistani writer and film producer. Hussain moved to

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

, without his parents, in 1975. He came to attention after writing the book ''Pakkis'' in 1986. Hussain visits high schools to discuss his writing and life as an immigrant teenager.

Bibliography

Novels

* ''Pakkis'' (1986) * ''Evil Landscape'' (1990)

Movies

* ''Import Eksport'' (2005) * ''Jan Jan Pakistan'' (1997) * ''Dharkan (Heartbeat)'' (1994)

References

Pakistani writers Pakistani film producers Norwegian writers Norwegian film producers Living people 1969 births Pakistani emigrants to Norway {{Pakistan-film-producer-stub