From almost the very beginning of this incredibly insightful book into the political meanings of the hijab/niqab (condensed into a veil for ease), we are told by Dr Sahar Ghumkhor:โI refuse to answer the question.โ [p.viii] What is the question she is refusing to answer? The one that is perhaps most obviously asked a Muslim…
Munnu is a deeply personal tale of the loss of innocence of a young boy, echoing the loss of peace and paradise in a valley that was once called heaven on earth. Munnu is a beautifully drawn graphic novel that illuminates the conflicted land of Kashmir, through a young boyโs childhood. Those who already relished…
Written by the winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, Saud Alsanousiโs Mama Hissa’s Mice is an apocalyptic and caustically funny novel about the power of friendship in a war-torn world. Mama Hissaโs Mice was a banned book in Kuwait, where the book is set, for over four years. Mama Hissa’s Mice,ย published originally in…
To tell the truth, on the face of a tyrant, is a brave act. This book is an act of revelation. Gowhar’s book is a result of more than a decade of his journalistic career. Research and his personal experience of Kashmir makes him own the narrative. Authoritative and emotional, Kashmir โ Rage and Reason…
โThere are some things that canโt be explained in this life,โ Menshiki went on, โand some others that probably shouldnโt be explained. Especially when putting them into words ignores what is most crucial.โ ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย โHaruki Murakami,…
It is not how the world is that is mystical, but that it is.ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ๏ผLudwig Wittgenstein This book is the…