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A selection of fiction, essays, scholarship and opinion pieces<\/h3>\n\n\n\n


Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Exclusion, empathy, and Islam: The Runaways in the literary marketplace (Journal of Postcolonial Writing, May 2023)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA Different Kind of Humanism\u201d: Edward Said\u2019s C\u00e9sairian Critical Humanism\u201d in The Routledge Companion to Humanism and Literature <\/em>Ed. Michael Bryson (New York: Routledge, March 2022)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPicturing Female Followers of Mahomet as Veiled Maids: Muslim Women and the Victim\/Seductress Binary\u201d in Postcolonial Text<\/em> (Vol. 13, No.1, 2018)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New Yorker<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Following the Success of Twitter for Instagram People, We Bring You Other Meta Versions of Apps You Already Have<\/a> (HUMOR\/SHORT FICTION)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catapult<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Hopscotch & Hellfire <\/a>(FICTION)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belladonna<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Male Loneliness Epidemic Upgraded to Male Loneliness Pandemic: FAQs<\/a> (HUMOR\/SHORT FICTION)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rich Cat, Poor Cat: What the Rich Know and Other Lessons from a Ten-Year-Old Multi-Millionaire <\/a>(HUMOR\/SHORT FICTION)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Attenborough Narrates the Great Twitter Migration<\/a> (HUMOR\/SHORT FICTION)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We Are Unable to Offer You the Position Because That\u2019s Never What Anyone Means by Swift Scholar<\/a> (HUMOR\/SHORT FICTION)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Am Your Dating App and I Am Hiding Your Soulmate<\/a> (HUMOR\/SHORT FICTION)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Little Old Lady Comedy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Excerpts From The 2050 Gossip Girl Reboot<\/a> (HUMOR\/SHORT FICTION)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weekly Humorist<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Zillow Listings for Literary Properties<\/a> (HUMOR\/SHORT FICTION)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Atlantic<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Character Who Made Me Love Brooklyn Nine-Nine <\/a>(ESSAY\/CULTURAL CRITICISM)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generations Now<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tomato Season <\/a>(PERSONAL ESSAY)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contributions to Anthologies<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

“The Spaces in Between” in The Feminism of Our Mothers<\/em>, 2023\/2024<\/a> (PERSONAL ESSAY) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPaye, Pressure and Patience: A Life in Pakistani Cooking\u201d in Dastarkhwan: Food Writing from Muslim South Asia<\/em> ed. Claire Chambers, 2021 (also known as Desi Delicacies<\/em>)<\/a> (PERSONAL ESSAY)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Twenty-six Seconds” in I’ll Find My Way: An Anthology of Short Stories ed. Maniza Naqvi. Publisher, Oxford University Press, 2014<\/a> (FICTION)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DAWN<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Making a Misogynist<\/a> (OPINION)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women Workers<\/a> (OPINION)

Empathy Over Empty Gestures <\/a>(ESSAY)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Has corporate feminism come to solve Pakistan’s social problems? Not quite<\/a> <\/a>(ESSAY\/CULTURAL CRITICISM)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pakistani English Novel’s Ceaseless Quest for Identity<\/a> (ESSAY\/CULTURAL CRITICISM)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 Quarks Daily<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

From Anglicists And Orientalists To English-Medium And Urdu-Medium: Review Of \u201cThe Identity Reconstruction Of Subaltern English Learners\u201d<\/a> (REVIEW)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Review of Muneeza Shamsie’s Definitive Anthology of Pakistani Literature<\/a> (REVIEW)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Defense of the MFA: A Review of “Narrating Pakistan”<\/a> (REVIEW)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Missing Slate<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Write What You Know?<\/a> (ESSAY)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Age of Blight by Kristine Ong Muslim<\/a> (BOOK REVIEW)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editors’ Picks 2015: The Daughters<\/em> by Adrienne Celt <\/a>(BOOK REVIEW)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editors’ Picks 2014: The Bone Clocks<\/em> by David Mitchell <\/a>(BOOK REVIEW) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Panel Discussion with Arno Camenisch in New York<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coverage of The Muslim Protagonist Literary Symposium at Columbia University<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interview with Arthur Davis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interview with Madeleine Lee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interview with Anis Shivani<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PROTAG<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The War Correspondent<\/a> (FICTION)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blue Minaret<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Eclipse<\/a> (FICTION)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Express Tribune<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Politics of US Aid to Pakistan<\/a> (OPINION)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Altmuslimah<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When Reason is Unreasonable<\/a> (ESSAY)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Columbia Daily Spectator<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

How Do I Look? <\/a>(OPINION)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dreaming Again <\/a>(OPINION)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best of Brooklyn Bookstores<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CU Bellydance Shakes off Stereotypes with Weekly Workshops<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Michael Bryson (New York: Routledge, March 2022) \u201cPicturing Female Followers of Mahomet as Veiled Maids: Muslim Women and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nWRITING - Sauleha Kamal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sauleha.com\/?page_id=12\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WRITING - Sauleha Kamal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A selection of fiction, essays, scholarship and opinion pieces Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications Exclusion, empathy, and Islam: The Runaways in the literary marketplace (Journal of Postcolonial Writing, May 2023) \u201cA Different Kind of Humanism\u201d: Edward Said\u2019s C\u00e9sairian Critical Humanism\u201d in The Routledge Companion to Humanism and Literature Ed. 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