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A coming of age story from Afghanistan, the book takes you on a journey of two teens and their star-crossed paths.  Author Nemat Sadat has dabbled with complicated topics in...

While living in exotic climes, My spirit leaps towards these rhymes, When seeing through this trees outline, The sun which shimmers thoughts sublime.   And as the flicker sparkles bright,...

This novel about homosexuality, religious intolerance and political conflicts in Afghanistan, is also about the beauty of life amidst ugliness How do I review The Carpet Weaver, the first novel by Nemat...

The book tells the story of three sisters confronting Oman’s slave-owning past and a complex modern world. Omani author Jokha Alharthi at the Man Booker International award ceremony in London...

From Ratan Nath Sarshar’s ‘Oudh Akhbar’ to his picaresque ‘Fasana-i-Azad’, Jennifer Dubrow’s book sheds much-needed light on a popular culture phenomenon. An illustration from 'Awadh Punch', May 1900. | Ali Khan...

WHEN SABYN JAVERI recently launched her book Hijabistan (Harper; 224 pages; Rs399) at the Karachi Literature Festival, a few of the attendees were disappointed. They felt that they had gotten a raw...

“A human being is multi-faceted. To differentiate based on ideology is the most absurd thing,” says author Zarrar Said L-R: Zarrar Said, Dr. Abdus Salam   Landing in the US...

  Everything you write is so brilliant—how do you manage? Well, I can't answer that question without sounding immodest. To be honest, I don't feel like I have to write,...

An author unafraid to defy midcentury attitudes about her gender. “What is important is humanity,” she said, “not being a man or a woman.” Forough Farrokhzad near Tehran circa 1966....

I had been thinking of feminist discourse and its relevance to all of us for years. The #metoo movement is my favorite, and while following it, I started reading articles...