Section: Books
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Looking to landscapes for peace after decades of trauma
A debut memoir by a British-Pakistani author looks to the flat lands of the UK and Pakistan to find healing
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8 Muslim authors on their top summer reads
If you’re looking to dive into a good book during your holidays, we’ve got everything from gripping crime writing to environmental manifestos and contemporary philosophy
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The British Raj-era poet who returned a knighthood
The writings of the Bengali Nobel prize-winning author Rabindranath Tagore continue to resonate with young British Muslims to this day
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‘My mother took me to the library and I became a complete bookworm’
Syima Aslam, the co-founder and director of the Bradford Literature Festival on supporting up-and-coming authors and why this year’s schedule of events is the most diverse yet
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‘My relationship with Palestine is complex, intellectual and emotional’
Acclaimed author Isabella Hammad on the politics behind her latest novel, Enter Ghost, and how every book takes on a life of its own
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Book by book — building a new home for Arabic literature in London
The number of independent booksellers in the UK has nearly halved in the past 30 years. A new startup hopes to reverse the decline
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Ayaan Mohamud Q&A: ‘I’ll always write about Muslim and Somali characters’
The author’s enthralling debut young adult novel tackles issues of prejudice, fear and belonging
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Dženita Karić Q&A: ‘There are so many stories of hajis which I hope to give justice to’
A new book unearths the extraordinary stories of Hajj recorded by ordinary Bosnians over the past five centuries
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Coming of age in Turkey’s Qur’an schools
In a new book, photographer Sabiha Çimen documents love, friendships and faith among Turkey’s young female religious students
