Stories by Nudrat Kamal

Nudrat Kamal teaches comparative literature and writing at IBA, Karachi. She writes on literature, film and television, and culture for various publications. Her chapter titled "The Postcolonial Cyborg in Amitav Ghosh’s The Calcutta Chromosome" was recently published in Palgrave Macmillan’s Ethical Futures and Global Science Fiction. She can be contacted at nudrat.kamal@gmail.com and tweets @NudratKamal

NON-FICTION: TALKING TO THE EMPIRE

A convincingly argued treatise on the need to explore Muslim identity in the same ways that race, gender and citizenship have Published 26 Sep, 2021 11:44am

Teaching Afrofuturism in a Pakistani classroom

Afrofuturism lets us see Black people at the centre of their own stories with all the vibrant shades of their humanity. Updated 16 Jul, 2020 10:42am

FICTION: MATTERS OF FAITH

A Pakistani novel explores a young man’s evolving relationship to his faith, but its complexity is let down by its Published 22 Dec, 2019 08:45am

What South Asian sci-fi can tell us about our world

Dismissing sci-fi and fantasy as low-brow or trashy isn't just a desi stance, although it might be more pronounced. Updated 16 Jul, 2019 01:03pm

Teaching literature on female friendship in the #MeToo era

Studying the whole range of friendships that can exist between women felt a little bit like resistance. Updated 03 Feb, 2020 11:04am

FICTION: JANE AUSTEN IN THE PUNJAB

A contemporary Pakistani adaptation of Pride and Prejudice works because of its attention to detail when it comes to Published 17 Feb, 2019 07:38am

FICTION: BUILDING THE WALLS

A dystopian novel imagines a future where a South Asian city is segregated along communal and caste lines Published 28 Oct, 2018 07:09am

FICTION: LUMINOUS COMING OF AGE

In her new novel, the author builds an engrossing world particularly for young adults, ingeniously incorporating Published 26 Aug, 2018 07:40am

Why is Pakistan afraid of happy women?

While the stoically suffering woman is embraced, the happy woman can’t even get a foot in the door. Updated 09 Jun, 2018 06:20pm

NON-FICTION: BREAKING MYTHS OF THE SILENT WOMAN

History is mostly about men. Two well-produced books relish demolishing that characterisation Published 13 May, 2018 07:20am

How Cake’s treatment of women is reminiscent of Haseena Moin’s dramas

The film shows fully formed, multi-faceted female characters without feeling the need to bluntly monologue. Updated 12 Apr, 2018 06:08pm

FICTION: MASSEY’S NEW MISTRY SERIES

The first of a series of mystery novels set in 1920s Bombay is flawed, but also offers promise Published 08 Apr, 2018 06:48am

FICTION: CENTRAL ASIAN FANTASY

The first of a four-part series builds an intricately grand and recognisable fantasy world, but buckles under the weight Published 24 Dec, 2017 07:03am

FICTION: MADE OF SMOKELESS FIRE

An anthology of stories from around the world depicts djinns via different cultural lenses Published 22 Oct, 2017 07:01am