Zeyad Masroor Khan

3 weeks ago | htsyndication.com | Zeyad Masroor Khan

New Delhi, June 5 -- "Someone from outside Kashmir-if they have to live here even for a little while, they'd go insane," says Madeeha, a girl from Baramulla, in the story titled, Blue Salwar Kameez in Mehak Jamal's debut book, Loal Kashmir. Poets have often called love an insanity, a disease that destroys the one who experiences it, steals their tranquility and sleep; its only reward being the sights, sounds and smell of the beloved.

3 weeks ago | livemint.com | Zeyad Masroor Khan

Poets have often called love an insanity, a disease that destroys the one who experiences it, steals their tranquility and sleep; its only reward being the sights, sounds and smell of the beloved. Loal Kashmir takes you into this world of love and insanity told through 16 non-fiction stories, exploring the human cost of conflict and the resilience of lovers in the troubled land we call Kashmir. Loal, as Jamal writes in her introduction “is the Kashmiri word for love and affection".

Dec 6, 2024 | article-14.com | Zeyad Masroor Khan

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Oct 19, 2024 | progressive.org | Zeyad Masroor Khan |Meghna Prakash

While the rest of the world struggles to comprehend Israel’s of civilians in Lebanon, which has resulted in the death and disfigurement of children and the displacement of hundreds of thousands, a majority of business lobbyists have continued to openly support Israel in its genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza. For people all over the world, crowdfunding has emerged as a powerful tool for raising online donations on behalf of individuals and organizations that distribute resources.

Aug 29, 2024 | worldliteraturetoday.org | Zeyad Masroor Khan

New York. HarperCollins. 2023. 312 pages. City on Fire is an account of the journalist-author’s formative years in the ghetto of a famous university town in Uttar Pradesh (India’s most populous province) and tackles religious sectarianism in today’s India. It joins a slew of nonfiction writing in recent years from Indian Muslim writers marking time on their and their community’s journey, particularly during the tenure of Narendra Modi as prime minister over the last ten years.