How do citizens start over after the rush of revolution? Months after uprisings in countries like Egypt and Tunisia, we can watch that question play out — in different stages — across the Middle East.
Tahmima Anam, who is only 32, was not born when Bangladesh waged its war of independence against Pakistan in 1971. The scars of that war run deep, however, and they form the subject of her first novel ...
On a Friday evening in July of this year, a group of Bangladeshi terrorists stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery, an upscale café in the country’s capital, Dhaka, killing twenty-two people, most of them ...
What happens when a woman conceives of and creates an app — and then her husband becomes the face of the startup that monetizes it? That's the question Tahmima Anam set out to answer in the satirical ...
Tahmima Anam, the Bangladesh-born British writer, is known at home and abroad for her spontaneous and vivid writing style. She is widely distinguished as a novelist and columnist with a profound ...
Maya Haque is one of the century’s most interesting characters: prickly, passionate, tender, selfless, headstrong, devoted, belligerent, idealistic, naive, wise. “The Good Muslim” is Maya’s story, ...
Tahmima Anam grew up mostly in the West, but tells the story of the Bangladesh war for independence in her first novel, A Golden Age. The... At Home, at War: Tahmima Anam's 'Golden Age' The child of a ...
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My country must break the cycle of denial and revenge that has divided and held it back for decades. By Tahmima Anam A security crackdown since a horrific major attack last year has checked extremist ...
Her short story 'Garments' was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award in 2016. She is a Granta Best of Young ...