Literary Discoverers

16/08/2026

My review of Avni Doshi’s The First House, titled “The Unmaking of a Wife: Identity, Myth, and Rebirth in The First House,” has been published in Minute Mirror.

The review explores Doshi’s psychologically intense novel through its themes of marriage, identity, loss, mythology, and self-reclamation.

Read the full review here: https://minutemirror.com.pk/the-unmaking-of-a-wife-identity-myth-and-rebirth-in-the-first-house-607360/

15/08/2026

I’m pleased to share that my review of Nadia Hashimi ’s City of Widows has been published in Dawn Images.

The review explores the fall of Kabul through a woman’s perspective and reflects on the experiences of women amid war, displacement, and loss.

Read the review in Dawn: https://images.dawn.com/news/1195673/review-nadia-hashmis-city-of-widows-gives-you-a-glimpse-into-the-fall-of-kabul-through-a-womans-eyes?utm_source=www.dawn.com

11/08/2026

The murder of social media personality Sana Yusuf exposes a deeper crisis facing Pakistan’s youth: emotional neglect.

Families, schools and society must take youth mental and emotional wellbeing seriously. From emotionally absent parenting to toxic masculinity and social-media pressure, the warning signs can no longer be ignored.

Read the full article—the link is in the comment below.


🔗 https://www.thefridaytimes.com/11-Aug-2026/wounds-cannot-see-pakistan-s-youth-crisis-emotional-neglect

10/08/2026

Currently reading In One Brief Moment All Eternity by
Elif Shafak / Elif Şafak and I'm completely captivated.
It's the story of Gustave Flaubert writing Madame Bovary —but told through a kaleidoscope of voices: Flaubert himself, Emma Bovary (who has plenty of opinions about how he killed her off), his nursemaid Julie, his mother, a circus acrobat, a pr******te, and more. Each chapter is tied to a color, weaving together the life of the man and the fictional woman he both loved and destroyed.
A beautiful, haunting exploration of what happens when characters talk back to their creators. 📖✨

02/08/2026

30/07/2026

Reviewing Ever Land by Amy Abdelnoor while witnessing the immense suffering in Gaza made this novel feel painfully immediate. Through its moving portrayal of memory, exile, and the enduring resilience of Palestinians, Ever Land reminds us that behind every headline are lives, families, and stories that must not be forgotten.

I’m honoured to have reviewed this remarkable debut for The Friday Times I hope you’ll read the review and discover a novel that stays with you long after the final page.

Ever Land: A Haunting Debut About Sisterhood, Exile and the Unquiet Past

Read the full review here:https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Jul-2026/ever-land-haunting-debut-sisterhood-exile-unquiet-past?fbclid=IwVERDUATYA6tleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR6l9k3TvQVbZ9OsDUZir6lbErmBUCTpPeB0mGgRVn5ujlNybZuIGSAA895oTA_aem_tbUc95B8Dx_DiH3SH6tj7A

25/07/2026

Words can hardly express my joy upon receiving a copy of "Environmental Thought in Contemporary Pakistani Fiction" by Dr. Sonia Irum today!

This book is truly one of its kind, a much-needed, timely contribution that explores environmental consciousness in Pakistani literature, and does so with depth, insight, and originality. In an era of climate crisis and ecological reckoning, this is the book we need. May its pages travel faster than melting glaciers and slower than rising temperatures, so that every reader finds the courage to act.

Thank you so much for this generous gesture and for signing it with such warmth. Your words and your work mean a lot! This green little slice of your brain is a true treasure. It’s not just literary analysis, it’s a cultural wake-up call.

21/07/2026

Delighted to share that my review article on Muslim Women’s Writing from Across South and Southeast Asia, edited by and .doaa, has been published in the Journal of Scientific Research and Reviews (JSRR), South Valley National University, Egypt.

🔗 DOI: 10.21608/jases.2025.444848.1008

04/03/2026

My new attic about Pakistani necropolitics