Hasan Suroor

Muslim Britain: A siege within

It's a telling snapshot of "Muslim Britain" and the kind of Islam being promoted in British mosques and Muslim homes

How the GDP magic failed

Book review of GDP: The World's Most Powerful Formula and Why it Must Change

Into the heart of Israeli occupation

Palestinians justifiably feel betrayed not only by the international community, including the United Nations, but also by their Arab allies for doing little beyond paying lip service to their cause

'Write a paper, see the world'

Mr Lodges' satire on modern-day campus life is far removed from the popular vision of academia as a world of cerebral heavy-weights locked in their ivory towers in a single-minded pursuit of knowledge

Take predictions of a new, improved post-corona world with a pinch of salt

There appears to be a sudden outbreak of good behaviour

Every unhappy family…

Summer in Baden-Baden is a reconstruction of the great and enigmatic Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky's life based on his second wife Anna's diary

Operation Smear

Hasan Suroor on the attempts to discredit Shaheen Bagh protesters after failing to wear them down

Citizens of nowhere

Despite some caveats, Dina Nayeri's The Ungrateful Refugee that lets us into the lives of one of the most misunderstood people in the world

What ails democratic politics?

Rethinking Democracy is the latest addition to the growing literature on the future of democracy

Meet Jokha Alharthi, the first Arabic writer to win Man Booker Prize

Alharthi hopes that her novel, which features some quite robust characters trying to negotiate life in a patriarchal milieu, will open a "window" on Arab society

Cheering madrasas

Madrasas, according to Ms Borker, changed the lives of Muslim girls. Otherwise, they may have been still stuck at home, changing nappies

Meet Mirza Ghalib, the poet of poets

Ghalib's poetry stands out for its down-to-earth quality

Contests over Muslim identity

The two books under discussion are among the more serious contributions to the debate; and meant for two very different audiences

Hasan Suroor: Modi, faux secularists and Muslims

India's volatile political mix has a new element - 'the Secularati' - that is adept at hijacking Muslim issues and running with them even before the community itself has formulated a response

Hasan Suroor: Muslims join the Hindu right to attack secularism

The community is only harming itself by subscribing to the narrative that secularism is a conspiracy directed at 'patriotic' Hindu nationalists and 'gullible' Muslims