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02-Dec-2020 | Hasan Suroor
War on terror or Islamophobia?
Book review of The War on the Uyghurs: China's Campaign Against Xinjiang's Muslims
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27-Nov-2020 | Hasan Suroor
Happy days in Europe? Not so fast, monsieur
Trump's defeat has raised hopes of a return to the happier days of transatlantic relations, but experts warn against pitching expectations too high
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18-Sep-2020 | Hasan Suroor
Into the heart of Israeli occupation
Palestinians justifiably feel betrayed not only by the international community, including the United Nations, but also by their Arab allies for doing little beyond paying lip service to their cause
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13-Aug-2020 | Hasan Suroor
'Write a paper, see the world'
Mr Lodges' satire on modern-day campus life is far removed from the popular vision of academia as a world of cerebral heavy-weights locked in their ivory towers in a single-minded pursuit of knowledge
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08-Jun-2020 | Hasan Suroor
A horror movie in the making?
After the lockdown, a summer of discontent is looming as the jobs crisis deepens
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08-May-2020 | Hasan Suroor
Take predictions of a new, improved post-corona world with a pinch of salt
There appears to be a sudden outbreak of good behaviour
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08-May-2020 | Hasan Suroor
Every unhappy family…
Summer in Baden-Baden is a reconstruction of the great and enigmatic Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky's life based on his second wife Anna's diary
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24-Jan-2020 | Hasan Suroor
Operation Smear
Hasan Suroor on the attempts to discredit Shaheen Bagh protesters after failing to wear them down
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07-Jan-2020 | Hasan Suroor
Confronting an existential crisis
Her brave attempt to work up enthusiasm for madrasas was ultimately frustrated by the reality she encountered on the ground
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22-Oct-2019 | Hasan Suroor
Citizens of nowhere
Despite some caveats, Dina Nayeri's The Ungrateful Refugee that lets us into the lives of one of the most misunderstood people in the world
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25-Sep-2019 | Hasan Suroor
Splitting hairs over racism
The book has won praise on both sides of the Atlantic for challenging some of our commonly accepted everyday assumptions about racism
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01-Aug-2019 | Hasan Suroor
India-UK relations need a reboot
Is Boris Johnson the man to do it?
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26-Jul-2019 | Hasan Suroor
Saudi women: A counter-factual story
Book review of Queens of the Kingdom: The Women of Saudi Arabia Speak
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26-Jun-2019 | Hasan Suroor
What ails democratic politics?
Rethinking Democracy is the latest addition to the growing literature on the future of democracy
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31-May-2019 | Hasan Suroor
Meet Jokha Alharthi, the first Arabic writer to win Man Booker Prize
Alharthi hopes that her novel, which features some quite robust characters trying to negotiate life in a patriarchal milieu, will open a "window" on Arab society
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26-Feb-2019 | Hasan Suroor
Islam's great divide
Mr McHugo is a liberal British scholar of Islamic studies, currently a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Syrian Studies at St Andrews University
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01-Jan-2019 | Hasan Suroor
Cheering madrasas
Madrasas, according to Ms Borker, changed the lives of Muslim girls. Otherwise, they may have been still stuck at home, changing nappies
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19-Dec-2018 | Hasan Suroor
A conundrum called "Britishness"
This book is part of a new "ethnic noir" genre in publishing and follows a spate of memoirs by prominent Asians and Afro-Caribbeans
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22-Nov-2018 | Hasan Suroor
What is Pakistan?
The book examines the "political mythology" around Pakistan's raison d'etre ("Why Pakistan?") and raises the question: "Who is a Pakistani?"
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23-Oct-2018 | Hasan Suroor
Democracy detached from the people
While the book's focus is on western democracies, it will resonate in India
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21-Sep-2018 | Hasan Suroor
Rana Haddad's debut novel shows a feminist literary voice from West Asia
Some have likened the novel's plot twists to a Shakespearean comedy but Indian readers may find this story of lost-and-found siblings and family feuds closer to Bollywood
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13-Jul-2018 | Hasan Suroor
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's archive in London is a literary treasure trove
Opinion about her writing has swung widely between stinging criticism and gushing praise
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15-Dec-2017 | Hasan Suroor
Meet Mirza Ghalib, the poet of poets
Ghalib's poetry stands out for its down-to-earth quality
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27-Jul-2017 | Hasan Suroor
Naomi Klein redux
The book review of 'No is Not Enough'
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22-May-2017 | Hasan Suroor
British 'values' or Muslim phobia?
Book review of 'The Enemy Within: A Tale of Muslim Britain'
