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WoWasis book review: ‘The Good Muslim’ by Tahmima Anam from Bangladesh

By herbrunbridge Posted in Bangladesh, Culture & History, Literature, Politics , , | No Comments »

Bangladeshi author Tahmima Anam’s novel, The Good Muslim (2011, ISBN 978 984 8765 90 6) isn’t all that easy to suss out, if you’re neither conversant in Islamic theory nor recent Bangladeshi history. A little background information, such as an understanding of the struggle that carved Bangladesh out of East Pakistan, is helpful. So is […]

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