Umer Khan

If great art delights even as it instructs, then this collection of Margaret Atwood’s essays qualifies Published 18 Jun, 2023 07:09am

A fascinating book asks that, if justice is an intrinsic value in Islam, why have women been treated as second-class citizens in Published 16 Apr, 2023 08:58am

An enjoyable thriller that’s very much a publication of this era. But it is no great work of literary fiction that will live on a Published 18 Dec, 2022 04:40am

A historical novel set within a murder-mystery genre is an entertaining read but its postcolonial ambitions are thwarted by an... Published 17 Jul, 2022 01:53pm

Traversing issues of exile, identity, mental illness, love, grief, parenthood, superstition and the environment, Elif Shafak’s... Published 17 Apr, 2022 11:05am

The latest 19th century qissa translated by Musharraf Ali Farooqi is a short, vaguely fun read, which will provoke much dis... Updated 27 Feb, 2022 09:26pm

For now, the projects in its first phase have failed to usher in the level of prosperity that was promised to the people. Updated 06 Jan, 2021 08:20am