Tall tales but no dessert: the storyteller of Karachi and his ice-cream cart library
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In a country where 77% of 10-year-olds are illiterate, a reading scheme in Pakistan is reaching thousands of children in slumsPedalling down a narrow alleyway in Karachi’s crowded Lyari Town, Saira Bano slows as she passes a group of children sitting on the ground, listening to a man reading aloud from a book. The eight-year-old gets off her bike, slips off her sandals, and sits on the mat at the back.She has already heard the story from Mohammad Noman, who is entertaining more than a dozen...

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