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Book Review: Lajja, by Taslima Nasrin


Posted by izzie on 06 Feb 2013 / 1 Comment
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I have been hearing about Taslima Nasrin from the time I was a child. The Muslim Bangla woman was accused of writing blasphemous anecdotes about Islam in her 1993 novel  Lajja, which drew a number of protests, including at least one group calling for her death and offering a reward; Lajja was banned in Bangladesh […]

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Revenge of the Battered Muslim Woman Stereotype


Posted by azra on 15 Sep 2010 / 0 Comments
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The back of her novel describes Taslima Nasrin’s Revenge: In contemporary Bangladesh, Jhumur marries for love and imagines life with her husband, Haroon, will continue much as it did when they were dating.  But once she crosses the threshold of Haroon’s family home, Jhumur finds she is expected to be the traditional Muslim wife: head […]

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