Review
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748‘In what cage do I belong’: On being British and Muslim
In the September of 2019, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan published her debut book of poetry, Postcolonial Banter. The book revolves around being British and...
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Book of Counsels: Imam Ghazali’s translated treatise is a spiritual treat
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali aka Imam Ghazali may be considered as the 11th century’s mujaddid [a renewer of the faith], but his relevance...
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Bard’s pensive rhymes—an anthology of life entombed in anguish
Published in 2022, Mosab Abu Toha’s debut book of poems, Things You May Find Hidden In My Ear, is a study of...
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Living like a tippler pigeon in the aftermath of loss
Published by Neem Tree Press in July 2023, Safinah Danish Elahi’s The Idle Stance of the Tippler Pigeon explores the breakdown of...
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Of Islamophobia and white man’s myth: A book that deconstructs world order
In Tangled in Terror, Suhaiymah Manzoor Khan seeks to divorce Islamophobia from Islam and Muslims. In the face of racial or Islamophobic...
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Jinxed journey: Inside Kashmir bus where lovers reunite as strangers
Old lovers bump into each other as travellers and embark on a reticently retrospective ride. An unnamed man is on his commute...
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How fake-filming of Kashmir has become a cinematic dope to masses
Putting aside the political, literary and academic debate, it’s widely known that a Kashmiri society remains deeply imitated by films. In one...
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Pained as Protagonist: How Reel life is becoming Real in Kashmir
The movie opens her closets and rips off bandaids. Bringing forth a lot of pain—the pain which she tried hard to ignore...
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Of power, patriarchy, prison: A House without Windows
The protagonist being in a physically acrimonious marriage never enunciates a word. This speaks volumes about the helplessness and powerlessness of women...
