For the last three (3) years, I must confess that I have been reading quite voraciously while I am writing a lot too. Not that I am planning to leave the planet or anything close to that but I feel…
Books
New Book: Towards the Dignity of Difference?
by Masood Raja •
Towards the Dignity of Difference? Neither ‘End of History’ nor ‘Clash of Civilizations’ Edited by Mojtaba Mahdavi and W. Andy Knight, University of Alberta, Canada Description: The rise of popular social movements throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and…
New Book: Muslim Becoming: Aspiration and Skepticism in Pakistan, By Naveeda Khan
by Masood Raja •
Muslim Becoming: Aspiration and Skepticism in Pakistan By Naveeda Khan Duke University Press In Muslim Becoming, Naveeda Khan challenges the claim that Pakistan’s relation to Islam is fragmented and problematic. Offering a radically different interpretation, Khan contends that Pakistan inherited…
New Book: British Muslim Fictions
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New Book: Baker of Tarifa
by Masood Raja •
Baker of Tarifa By Shadab Zeest Hashmi (Available Here) Description The Book “Al Andalus–a unique cultural convergence in human time where myth hovers the way moths are drawn to lampshine, and in her luminous, spare language, Shadab Zeest Hashmi catches…
New Book: Secularizing Islamists?
by Masood Raja •
Secularizing Islamists?: Jama’at-e-Islami and Jama’at-ud-Da’wa in Urban Pakistan By Humeira Iqtidar Secularizing Islamists? provides an in-depth analysis of two Islamist parties in Pakistan, the highly influential Jama‘at-e-Islami and the more militant Jama‘at-ud-Da‘wa, widely blamed for the November 2008 terrorist attack…
Journal of Postcolonial Writing: Sepcial Issue on Pakistan, edited by Muneeza Shamsie
by Masood Raja •
This is just to share the exciting news that the Pakistan Special Issue of Journal of Postcolonial Writing has now been published. This special issue was edited by the eminent Pakistani writer and scholar Muneeza Shamsie. You can visit the…
New Book: Pakistan and its Diaspora
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Pakistan and its Diaspora: multidisciplinary Approaches By Marta Bolognani and Stephen Lyon Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (May 10, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0230110932 ISBN-13: 978-0230110939 Table of Contents 1. Introduction: ‘Reflections and representations: Shifting gazes and the curse…
To Be With Her, By Syed Afzal Haider
by Masood Raja •
To Be With Her I am just taking a moment to share the news about this debut novel by Syed Afzal Haider, published by the Weavers Press. Here are the book details: Description With the intellect and comic instinct of…