This collection of stories has been put together primarily for pleasure. To share with readers the carnival delights of the Punjabi folk or wondertale. Whether the act of reading these stories is one of discovery or remembrance, will depend on the geographical location and generational...
Inner Courtyard or Aangan, Khadija Mastur It is her first published novel, written in 1952 over eight months, is Mastur’s best loved and most acclaimed fiction. Set in British India and moving in to post independence Pakistan, Aangan is the story of dystopic home where the battles of the...
Fatima Mernissi. Translated from English by Yasmin Hussain. Simorgh, 2001 A translation by Yasmin Hussain of Fatima Mernissi’s Dreams of Trespass, Hudood Shikni Kay Khwabis a delightful account of life in a Moroccan harem. A pleasurable fusion of reminiscences and whimsical flights of the imagination, Mernissi narrates enchanting...