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Three Muslim Families, Three Cities: A Review of Muslims of Metropolis
Through the stories of a Bangladeshi family in New York, a Palestinian family in London, and a Kurdish family in Germany, Kavitha Rajagopalan's Muslims of Metropolis is a necessary intervention into the popular discourse that informs our ideas about Muslims.
by Omer Shah
From Issue 34
May 11th, 2009
Features
Londonistan Recalled
Muslim migration to the UK is de-historicized, colonial legacies are ignored, and contemporary racism is overlooked, in Christopher Hitchens' England.
by Brendan LaRocque
From Issue 26
July 30th, 2007
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Inside, Outside and Everywhere In Between
The authors in Voices of Resistance: Muslim Women on War, Faith and Sexuality resist the temptation to simplify Muslimness into one kind—whether geographically, sexually, spiritually or in terms of the many nuances of the Great Veil Debate. Instead, "Iqra" commands the book—"read" the many, the multi-faceted, and the defiant voices of Muslim women.
by Shahnaz Habib
From Issue 24
September 26th, 2006
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Fare Labor: A Review of Taxi!
Bearing the economic risks without reaping the benefits, taxi drivers in NYC are least protected by labor laws. Biju Mathew's book illustrates the organizing work and collective action happening among NYC's yellow cab drivers and their numerous victories.
by Anmol Chaddha
From Issue 20
September 15th, 2005
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The Trouble with Secularism
A Review of Amitava Kumar's Husband of a Fanatic
by Hirsh Sawhney
From Issue 18
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Reading The Trouble with Islam, Part 1
Reflecting on Irshad Manji's Ijtihad
by Raeshma Razvi
From Issue 17
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Reading The Trouble with Islam, Part 2
Troubled by Irshad Manji
by Maryum Saifee
From Issue 17
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Nostalgia in the Land of Cool
A review of Sunaina Maira's Desis in the House
by Raza Mir
From Issue 15
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Brushing Up on Multiculturalism
A Review of Zadie Smith's White Teeth
by Dohra Ahmad
From Issue 14
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Contempt of Court
A Review of Arundhati Roy's Power Politics
by Raza Mir
From Issue 14
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An Unequal Development
A Review of Amartya Sen's Development as Freedom
by S. Subramanian
From Issue 14
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Of Foreigners and Fetishes
A Reading of Recent South Asian American Fiction
by Sheetal Majithia
From Issue 14
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Fictions and Polemics
A Review of C.M. Naim's Ambiguities of Heritage
by Carla Petievich
From Issue 13
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Here's Our Labor. Now How About Our Lives?
The Karma of Brown Folk and Passport Photos
by Raza Mir and Sujani Reddy
From Issue 13
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Junglee Girl, Funny Boy
Novels by Ginu Kamani and Shyam Selvadurai
by June Unjoo Yang
From Issue 7
Features
Jungleeji's Advice for the Love Lorn
by Ginu Kamani
From Issue 7
Books
Uncle Dinesh's Cabin
by Rachel Jennings
From Issue 7
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