Articles by: Farheen Khan

Can (and Should) Secular Writing Tackle Religious Subjects?

Can (and Should) Secular Writing Tackle Religious Subjects?

A Book Review of Lesley Hazleton’s The First Muslim My consideration of this article’s titular question was almost physically confrontational – so much so that I actually boycotted my smartphone for a week so that I could finish reading this book and organize my thoughts on it. To be clear, as a practicing Muslim living in the contemporary day, it[Read More…]

by 06/01/2023 Comments are Disabled Book Review
Antonia Facciponte

“To Make a Bridge”: An Interview with Antonia Facciponte

Antonia Facciponte’s 2021 debut poetry collection is a tender dance for her Italian-Canadian heritage. Her poems sway through melodies of family memories and memorabilia – recipes, letters, cabinets of souvenirs – and delight readers with their playfulness regarding translation, deferring the usual poignancy for things-lost for the magic of awakening, recognition and listening. What is useful or inspiring to you[Read More…]

by 21/12/2022 Comments are Disabled Arts/Literature
The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India

The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India

How Do Human Beings Relate to Their History? A Book Review of Urvashi Butalia’s The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India I am a big believer in the power of books to change the world. In my journey as a reader, I have come across a few of these sorts of books, one of them being[Read More…]

by 16/11/2022 Comments are Disabled Book Review