🇵🇰 British Pakistani

Narratives exploring British Pakistani identity — the push and pull of cultural loyalty, generational change, and belonging in a society that doesn't always make room.

The Upstairs Wife

by Rafia Zakaria • 2015

A family memoir that is also the history of Pakistan, seen from the women's quarters.

3.78

1k+

🧳 Partition Of India 🧕 Muslim Women 🏡 Family Memoir

The Upstairs Wife 89%

A family memoir that is also the history of Pakistan, seen from the women's quarters.

by Rafia Zakaria 2015

3.78

1k+ ratings

🧳 Partition Of India 🧕 Muslim Women 🏡 Family Memoir

Mohabat Subh Ka Sitara Hai by Umera Ahmed

by Umera Ahmed • 1998

Abandoned by her Pakistani father, a British woman stumbles toward an unlikely redemption in Islam.

3.66

590

🖋️ Urdu Literature 🕌 Spiritual Awakening 💔 Father Abandonment

Mohabat Subh Ka Sitara Hai by Umera Ahmed Summary

Mohabat Subh Ka Sitara Hai by Umera Ahmed 89%

Abandoned by her Pakistani father, a British woman stumbles toward an unlikely redemption in Islam.

by Umera Ahmed 1998

3.66

590 ratings

🖋️ Urdu Literature 🕌 Spiritual Awakening 💔 Father Abandonment

The Struggle for Pakistan

by Ayesha Jalal • 2014

Pakistan's founders left their demand vague. The military has exploited that ambiguity ever since.

3.94

261

🕌 South Asian History 🌍 Postcolonial History 🇮🇳 Partition Of India

The Struggle for Pakistan 88%

Pakistan's founders left their demand vague. The military has exploited that ambiguity ever since.

by Ayesha Jalal 2014

3.94

261 ratings

🕌 South Asian History 🌍 Postcolonial History 🇮🇳 Partition Of India

All My Rage

by Sabaa Tahir • 2022

Sal sells drugs to save his motel, hiding it from Noor, the girl he loves.

4.48

66k+

🌄 Immigrant Dreams 🕌 Pakistani-American 💞 Friends To Lovers

All My Rage 88%

Sal sells drugs to save his motel, hiding it from Noor, the girl he loves.

by Sabaa Tahir 2022

4.48

66k+ ratings

🌄 Immigrant Dreams 🕌 Pakistani-American 💞 Friends To Lovers

Pakistan

by Anatol Lieven • 2011

Why Pakistan outlasts every prediction of its collapse: kinship, not government, runs the country.

4.12

2k+

🗳️ South Asian Politics 👥 Kinship Politics 💬 Failed State Debate

Pakistan 88%

Why Pakistan outlasts every prediction of its collapse: kinship, not government, runs the country.

by Anatol Lieven 2011

4.12

2k+ ratings

🗳️ South Asian Politics 👥 Kinship Politics 💬 Failed State Debate

Pakistan on the Brink

by Ahmed Rashid • 2012

The Afghan war cannot be won without confronting the deeper crisis inside Pakistan.

3.78

910

🏔️ Afghanistan War 🇵🇰 Pakistani Politics 🪖 Counterinsurgency

Pakistan on the Brink 88%

The Afghan war cannot be won without confronting the deeper crisis inside Pakistan.

by Ahmed Rashid 2012

3.78

910 ratings

🏔️ Afghanistan War 🇵🇰 Pakistani Politics 🪖 Counterinsurgency

This Is Where the Serpent Lives

by Daniyal Mueenuddin • 2026

An orphan in a Rawalpindi bazaar rises to trusted chauffeur, but belonging stays beyond reach.

3.88

2k+

🏛️ Postcolonial Fiction 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multi-Generational Saga 🔗 Servant And Master

This Is Where the Serpent Lives 88%

An orphan in a Rawalpindi bazaar rises to trusted chauffeur, but belonging stays beyond reach.

by Daniyal Mueenuddin 2026

3.88

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Postcolonial Fiction 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multi-Generational Saga 🔗 Servant And Master

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

by Mohsin Hamid • 2013

You claw your way out of poverty selling bottled water in a city that rewards ruthlessness.

3.82

24k+

🖋️ Literary Satire 🫵 Second Person 💰 Rags To Riches

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia Summary

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia 88%

You claw your way out of poverty selling bottled water in a city that rewards ruthlessness.

by Mohsin Hamid 2013

3.82

24k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Satire 🫵 Second Person 💰 Rags To Riches

Londonistan

by Melanie Phillips • 2006

Islamist terror's nerve center was London, built with British law and left-wing alliances.

3.60

617

🕌 Islamist Extremism 🌍 Multiculturalism Critique ⚠️ Radicalization Pathways

Londonistan 88%

Islamist terror's nerve center was London, built with British law and left-wing alliances.

by Melanie Phillips 2006

3.60

617 ratings

🕌 Islamist Extremism 🌍 Multiculturalism Critique ⚠️ Radicalization Pathways

The Prosecutor

by Nazir Afzal • 2020

He reversed the decision on the Rochdale gangs. Then he had to prove they were guilty.

4.42

1k+

⚖️ Criminal Prosecution 👰 Honour Based Violence 🛑 Child Sexual Exploitation

The Prosecutor 88%

He reversed the decision on the Rochdale gangs. Then he had to prove they were guilty.

by Nazir Afzal 2020

4.42

1k+ ratings

⚖️ Criminal Prosecution 👰 Honour Based Violence 🛑 Child Sexual Exploitation

The Diversity Illusion

by Ed West • 2012

Three million newcomers, zero economic gain. The real cost: a society that stopped trusting.

4.04

226

🏛️ Immigration Policy 🇬🇧 British Politics 🤝 Social Capital

The Diversity Illusion 88%

Three million newcomers, zero economic gain. The real cost: a society that stopped trusting.

by Ed West 2012

4.04

226 ratings

🏛️ Immigration Policy 🇬🇧 British Politics 🤝 Social Capital

When the Fireflies Dance

by Aisha Hassan • 2025

Exiled from bonded labor at a Lahore kiln, a boy must steal to free his family.

4.19

4k+

🏚️ Generational Poverty 🏭 Gritty Social Realism 🤝 Found Family

When the Fireflies Dance 87%

Exiled from bonded labor at a Lahore kiln, a boy must steal to free his family.

by Aisha Hassan 2025

4.19

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Generational Poverty 🏭 Gritty Social Realism 🤝 Found Family

Kashmir

by Tariq Ali • 2011

A 1947 promise of a vote. Sixty years of soldiers. Now a generation demands freedom with stones.

3.95

618

🧭 Kashmir Conflict 🗳️ South Asian Politics 🇮🇳 Partition Of India

Kashmir 87%

A 1947 promise of a vote. Sixty years of soldiers. Now a generation demands freedom with stones.

by Tariq Ali 2011

3.95

618 ratings

🧭 Kashmir Conflict 🗳️ South Asian Politics 🇮🇳 Partition Of India

From Fatwa to Jihad

by Kenan Malik • 2009

The Rushdie affair tore the multicultural consensus apart, moving Islam's fault line into Europe.

4.03

285

🗣️ Free Speech Debates 🕌 Political Islam 🌍 Multiculturalism Critique

From Fatwa to Jihad 87%

The Rushdie affair tore the multicultural consensus apart, moving Islam's fault line into Europe.

by Kenan Malik 2009

4.03

285 ratings

🗣️ Free Speech Debates 🕌 Political Islam 🌍 Multiculturalism Critique

Reham Khan

by Reham Khan • 2018

An abusive first husband. A charismatic second who used black magic and conspired with the first.

2.56

455

🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survival 🎙️ Political Tell-All 🌏 South Asian Women'S Memoirs

Reham Khan 87%

An abusive first husband. A charismatic second who used black magic and conspired with the first.

by Reham Khan 2018

2.56

455 ratings

🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survival 🎙️ Political Tell-All 🌏 South Asian Women'S Memoirs

1971

by Anam Zakaria • 2019

The 1971 war created Bangladesh and left three conflicting histories that still shape South Asia.

4.13

215

🎙️ Oral History 🌏 South Asian History 🕯️ War And Memory

1971 87%

The 1971 war created Bangladesh and left three conflicting histories that still shape South Asia.

by Anam Zakaria 2019

4.13

215 ratings

🎙️ Oral History 🌏 South Asian History 🕯️ War And Memory

The Buddha of Suburbia

by Hanif Kureishi • 1990

A mixed-race teenager in 1970s London flees his father's guru act for the bohemian theatre world.

3.75

21k+

🏙️ 1970s Britain 🎭 Suburban Satire 💜 Bisexual Awakening

The Buddha of Suburbia 87%

A mixed-race teenager in 1970s London flees his father's guru act for the bohemian theatre world.

by Hanif Kureishi 1990

3.75

21k+ ratings

🏙️ 1970s Britain 🎭 Suburban Satire 💜 Bisexual Awakening

Anita and Me

by Meera Syal • 1997

A Punjabi girl in an English village chases acceptance through a dangerous local blonde.

3.70

3k+

🧒 Immigrant Girlhood 👯 Complex Female Friendship 👀 Casual Racism

Anita and Me 87%

A Punjabi girl in an English village chases acceptance through a dangerous local blonde.

by Meera Syal 1997

3.70

3k+ ratings

🧒 Immigrant Girlhood 👯 Complex Female Friendship 👀 Casual Racism

The Full English

by Stuart Maconie • 2023

England, 90 years on: the mills gone, class divides intact, a startling diversity.

4.04

1k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Identity 📖 Literary Travel 🏭 Deindustrialization

The Full English 87%

England, 90 years on: the mills gone, class divides intact, a startling diversity.

by Stuart Maconie 2023

4.04

1k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Identity 📖 Literary Travel 🏭 Deindustrialization

Other Words for Home

by Jasmine Warga • 2019

A Syrian girl flees to Ohio and finds her voice on a middle-school stage.

4.40

35k+

📖 Verse Novel 🌏 Culture Shock 🧕 Choosing Hijab

Other Words for Home 87%

A Syrian girl flees to Ohio and finds her voice on a middle-school stage.

by Jasmine Warga 2019

4.40

35k+ ratings

📖 Verse Novel 🌏 Culture Shock 🧕 Choosing Hijab

Stones Into Schools

by Greg Mortenson • 2009

What actually defeats the Taliban: girls' schools in places helicopters can't reach.

3.85

17k+

🎓 Girls' Education 🌱 Social Entrepreneurship 🏥 Humanitarian Work

Stones Into Schools 87%

What actually defeats the Taliban: girls' schools in places helicopters can't reach.

by Greg Mortenson 2009

3.85

17k+ ratings

🎓 Girls' Education 🌱 Social Entrepreneurship 🏥 Humanitarian Work

We Have Always Been Here

by Samra Habib • 2019

Arranged marriage at sixteen. Queer awakening in secret. Then a camera gave her a voice.

4.16

20k+

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Faith 🕌 Muslim Memoir

We Have Always Been Here 87%

Arranged marriage at sixteen. Queer awakening in secret. Then a camera gave her a voice.

by Samra Habib 2019

4.16

20k+ ratings

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Faith 🕌 Muslim Memoir

Lipstick Jihad

by Azadeh Moaveni • 2005

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

3.70

5k+

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities

Lipstick Jihad 87%

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

by Azadeh Moaveni 2005

3.70

5k+ ratings

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities

White Teeth

by Zadie Smith • 2000

Two wartime pals and their kids battle God, science, and identity in a chaotic London.

3.79

177k+

🇬🇧 Multicultural London 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🌱 Children Of Immigrants

White Teeth 87%

Two wartime pals and their kids battle God, science, and identity in a chaotic London.

by Zadie Smith 2000

3.79

177k+ ratings

🇬🇧 Multicultural London 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🌱 Children Of Immigrants

The Shadow of the Great Game

by Narendra Singh Sarila • 2006

India's partition was engineered by Britain to secure a Cold War foothold, not just communal strife.

4.16

290

🇮🇳 Partition Of India 🇬🇧 British Imperialism 🗺️ Great Game

The Shadow of the Great Game 87%

India's partition was engineered by Britain to secure a Cold War foothold, not just communal strife.

by Narendra Singh Sarila 2006

4.16

290 ratings

🇮🇳 Partition Of India 🇬🇧 British Imperialism 🗺️ Great Game

One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter

by Scaachi Koul • 2017

Online trolls, body hair, Indian wedding: a daughter of immigrants learns where her fight belongs.

3.72

14k+

🌏 South Asian Diaspora 🧳 Immigrant Families ✊ Modern Feminism

One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter Summary

One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter 87%

Online trolls, body hair, Indian wedding: a daughter of immigrants learns where her fight belongs.

by Scaachi Koul 2017

3.72

14k+ ratings

🌏 South Asian Diaspora 🧳 Immigrant Families ✊ Modern Feminism

Joseph Anton

by Salman Rushdie • 2012

A novelist with a bounty on his head. A decade in hiding. The books he wrote to survive.

3.65

9k+

📖 Literary Memoir ✍️ Writers Under Threat 🗣️ Free Speech Advocacy

Joseph Anton 87%

A novelist with a bounty on his head. A decade in hiding. The books he wrote to survive.

by Salman Rushdie 2012

3.65

9k+ ratings

📖 Literary Memoir ✍️ Writers Under Threat 🗣️ Free Speech Advocacy

The English

by Jeremy Paxman • 1998

An island people built history's largest empire, then had to reinvent themselves once it crumbled.

3.55

3k+

🏴 National Identity 🎩 Class And Society 🌍 British Empire

The English 86%

An island people built history's largest empire, then had to reinvent themselves once it crumbled.

by Jeremy Paxman 1998

3.55

3k+ ratings

🏴 National Identity 🎩 Class And Society 🌍 British Empire

One Half from the East

by Nadia Hashimi • 2016

A Kabul girl turned boy to bring luck finds a friend who shares the disguise.

3.98

3k+

🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy 👯‍♀️ Sibling Solidarity 🩹 Injured Parent

One Half from the East 86%

A Kabul girl turned boy to bring luck finds a friend who shares the disguise.

by Nadia Hashimi 2016

3.98

3k+ ratings

🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy 👯‍♀️ Sibling Solidarity 🩹 Injured Parent

Als wir Schwäne waren

by Behzad Karim Khani • 2024

An Iranian boy grows up in a German housing estate where fists speak louder than his parents' hopes.

4.33

1k+

🏙️ Housing Estate Life 🧳 Exile And Displacement 👥 Gang Loyalty And Rivalry

Als wir Schwäne waren 86%

An Iranian boy grows up in a German housing estate where fists speak louder than his parents' hopes.

by Behzad Karim Khani 2024

4.33

1k+ ratings

🏙️ Housing Estate Life 🧳 Exile And Displacement 👥 Gang Loyalty And Rivalry

A Very Large Expanse of Sea

by Tahereh Mafi • 2018

A guarded hijabi teen and the basketball star determined to know her collide in post-9/11 America.

4.06

68k+

🧕 Hijabi Romance 🏙️ Post-9/11 Setting 💔 Forbidden Love

A Very Large Expanse of Sea 86%

A guarded hijabi teen and the basketball star determined to know her collide in post-9/11 America.

by Tahereh Mafi 2018

4.06

68k+ ratings

🧕 Hijabi Romance 🏙️ Post-9/11 Setting 💔 Forbidden Love

Chavs

by Owen Jones • 2011

The British working class wasn't only abandoned. It was mocked so the abandonment felt deserved.

4.08

11k+

🇬🇧 British Class Politics 🏷️ Class Prejudice 🏭 Deindustrialization

Chavs 86%

The British working class wasn't only abandoned. It was mocked so the abandonment felt deserved.

by Owen Jones 2011

4.08

11k+ ratings

🇬🇧 British Class Politics 🏷️ Class Prejudice 🏭 Deindustrialization

The Empire Strikes Back

by Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies • 1982

How Britain's 1970s slump was exploited to criminalize black youth and justify a police state.

4.30

🇬🇧 British History 📚 Cultural Studies 🌍 Postcolonial Britain

The Empire Strikes Back 86%

How Britain's 1970s slump was exploited to criminalize black youth and justify a police state.

by Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies 1982

4.30

10 ratings

🇬🇧 British History 📚 Cultural Studies 🌍 Postcolonial Britain

Americanized

by Sara Saedi • 2018

She thought she was American. Her sister's confession at thirteen proved otherwise.

3.91

3k+

🗽 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🪪 Cultural Identity

Americanized 86%

She thought she was American. Her sister's confession at thirteen proved otherwise.

by Sara Saedi 2018

3.91

3k+ ratings

🗽 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🪪 Cultural Identity

Politics On the Edge

by Rory Stewart • 2023

Ten prisons, a promise to fix them or resign, and a system that punishes real accountability.

4.30

18k+

🇬🇧 British Politics 😞 Political Disillusion 🏛️ Westminster Insider

Politics On the Edge 86%

Ten prisons, a promise to fix them or resign, and a system that punishes real accountability.

by Rory Stewart 2023

4.30

18k+ ratings

🇬🇧 British Politics 😞 Political Disillusion 🏛️ Westminster Insider

The Making of Exile

by Nandita Bhavnani • 2014

Sindh's Hindus did not flee a massacre. They were eroded out of their homeland.

4.17

145

📜 Partition Histories 🧳 Forced Migration ⚔️ Communal Violence

The Making of Exile 86%

Sindh's Hindus did not flee a massacre. They were eroded out of their homeland.

by Nandita Bhavnani 2014

4.17

145 ratings

📜 Partition Histories 🧳 Forced Migration ⚔️ Communal Violence

Burqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie

by Ranya Tabari Idliby • 2014

In a post-9/11 living room, three faiths built the conversation America was avoiding.

3.47

204

🕌 Muslim American Identity 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue 🎯 Islamophobia

Burqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie 86%

In a post-9/11 living room, three faiths built the conversation America was avoiding.

by Ranya Tabari Idliby 2014

3.47

204 ratings

🕌 Muslim American Identity 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue 🎯 Islamophobia

Interpreter of Maladies

by Jhumpa Lahiri • 1999

Nine stories of the Indian diaspora: the small devastations of distance and the search for home.

4.18

208k+

✈️ Immigrant Fiction 🔗 Linked Short Stories 💔 Marital Estrangement

Interpreter of Maladies 86%

Nine stories of the Indian diaspora: the small devastations of distance and the search for home.

by Jhumpa Lahiri 1999

4.18

208k+ ratings

✈️ Immigrant Fiction 🔗 Linked Short Stories 💔 Marital Estrangement

Heatwave

by John L. Williams • 2025

A record-breaking heatwave, a nation on the brink: how the summer of 1976 remade Britain.

3.89

134

📚 Social History 🔍 Microhistory 🚔 Race And Policing

Heatwave 86%

A record-breaking heatwave, a nation on the brink: how the summer of 1976 remade Britain.

by John L. Williams 2025

3.89

134 ratings

📚 Social History 🔍 Microhistory 🚔 Race And Policing

The Anglo Files

by Sarah Lyall • 2008

An American marries into England and decodes a nation wired for apology, irony, and booze.

3.45

2k+

🇬🇧 British Culture 🤐 British Reserve 👑 Class In Britain

The Anglo Files 86%

An American marries into England and decodes a nation wired for apology, irony, and booze.

by Sarah Lyall 2008

3.45

2k+ ratings

🇬🇧 British Culture 🤐 British Reserve 👑 Class In Britain

The Muslim Brotherhood and the West

by Martyn Frampton • 2018

The West tried suppressing, bribing, and ignoring the Muslim Brotherhood. Every approach backfired.

3.69

🕌 Political Islam 🕋 Muslim Brotherhood 🌍 Western Intervention

The Muslim Brotherhood and the West Summary

The Muslim Brotherhood and the West 86%

The West tried suppressing, bribing, and ignoring the Muslim Brotherhood. Every approach backfired.

by Martyn Frampton 2018

3.69

13 ratings

🕌 Political Islam 🕋 Muslim Brotherhood 🌍 Western Intervention

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows

by Balli Kaur Jaswal • 2017

A British-Punjabi teacher discovers her widowed students are writing erotica, igniting a scandal.

3.93

112k+

🧳 Diaspora Fiction 🫂 Found Family 📚 Storytelling Circle

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows Summary

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows 86%

A British-Punjabi teacher discovers her widowed students are writing erotica, igniting a scandal.

by Balli Kaur Jaswal 2017

3.93

112k+ ratings

🧳 Diaspora Fiction 🫂 Found Family 📚 Storytelling Circle

Honour

by Elif Shafak • 2011

A mother's forbidden love in London puts her son's loyalty to honour to a deadly test.

4.15

28k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga ⚖️ Honour And Shame 🎭 Mistaken Identity

Honour 86%

A mother's forbidden love in London puts her son's loyalty to honour to a deadly test.

by Elif Shafak 2011

4.15

28k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga ⚖️ Honour And Shame 🎭 Mistaken Identity

The Lonely Londoners

by Sam Selvon • 1956

Moses Aloetta guides West Indian newcomers through a London of fog, poverty, and quiet exclusion.

3.70

14k+

🛳️ Windrush Generation 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🏙️ Postwar London

The Lonely Londoners 86%

Moses Aloetta guides West Indian newcomers through a London of fog, poverty, and quiet exclusion.

by Sam Selvon 1956

3.70

14k+ ratings

🛳️ Windrush Generation 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🏙️ Postwar London

Witness to Surrender

by Siddique Salik • 1977

East Pakistan's end: an insider's log of mutiny, guerrilla war, and the birth of Bangladesh.

3.86

246

🪖 Military Memoir 🌏 South Asian History ⚔️ Civil War

Witness to Surrender 86%

East Pakistan's end: an insider's log of mutiny, guerrilla war, and the birth of Bangladesh.

by Siddique Salik 1977

3.86

246 ratings

🪖 Military Memoir 🌏 South Asian History ⚔️ Civil War

Funny in Farsi

by Firoozeh Dumas • 2003

A seven-year-old Iranian girl moves to California. Disneyland awes her. Hostages change everything.

3.84

28k+

🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🌏 Culture Shock

Funny in Farsi 86%

A seven-year-old Iranian girl moves to California. Disneyland awes her. Hostages change everything.

by Firoozeh Dumas 2003

3.84

28k+ ratings

🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🌏 Culture Shock

The Imam's Daughter

by Hannah Shah • 2009

An imam's abused daughter fled a forced marriage at sixteen. Her family hunted her for years.

4.15

2k+

🩸 Honor Killings 💍 Forced Marriage ⛪ Religious Abuse

The Imam's Daughter 86%

An imam's abused daughter fled a forced marriage at sixteen. Her family hunted her for years.

by Hannah Shah 2009

4.15

2k+ ratings

🩸 Honor Killings 💍 Forced Marriage ⛪ Religious Abuse

Loin des mosquées

by Armel Job • 2012

A solitary undertaker in Belgium gives refuge to a Turkish woman fleeing an honor killing.

3.46

168

📚 Belgian Literature 🛂 Immigrant Narrative ⚖️ Honor Culture

Loin des mosquées 86%

A solitary undertaker in Belgium gives refuge to a Turkish woman fleeing an honor killing.

by Armel Job 2012

3.46

168 ratings

📚 Belgian Literature 🛂 Immigrant Narrative ⚖️ Honor Culture

Military Inc.

by Ayesha Siddiqa • 2007

Pakistan's military built a business empire off the books. Leaving power would bankrupt it.

3.77

562

🪖 Military Economy 🏛️ State Capture 💰 Institutional Corruption

Military Inc. 86%

Pakistan's military built a business empire off the books. Leaving power would bankrupt it.

by Ayesha Siddiqa 2007

3.77

562 ratings

🪖 Military Economy 🏛️ State Capture 💰 Institutional Corruption

Untitled

by Amani Al-Khatahtbeh • 2016

Post-9/11 America told her story for her. She built MuslimGirl.com to take it back.

3.76

1k+

🗣️ Muslim Women'S Voices 🕌 Islam In America 🏙️ Post-9/11 America

Untitled 86%

Post-9/11 America told her story for her. She built MuslimGirl.com to take it back.

by Amani Al-Khatahtbeh 2016

3.76

1k+ ratings

🗣️ Muslim Women'S Voices 🕌 Islam In America 🏙️ Post-9/11 America

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