February 26: Adab Colloquium with Presenter Maryam Wasif Khan and Discussant Jennifer Dubrow

Friday, February 26, 2021, 1:10 PM - 3:00 PM EST

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In this colloquium, Maryam Wasif Khan will discuss a chapter from her book, Who is a Muslim? Orientalism and Literary Populisms (Fordham, 2021). The book argues for a new history of Urdu prose fiction, one that takes into account its orientalist pasts and its religio-populist present. Chapter 4, “Mujāhid/Martyr,” suggests that the Progressive Writers’ Movement, though well-known to scholars of Urdu had a relatively minor impact on its literary development when compared to the bestselling, popular novels of writers such as Rashid ul-Kheiri, Nasim Hijazi and Razia Butt. The strident religio-nationalist nature of these novels, then, is what has shaped Urdu prose fiction in our present moment.

Learn more about the Adab Colloquium at MEI here.

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