Hanifa Deen
A much-needed book in the subcontinent today, when women's voices are often the last to be heard, and their concerns almost an after-thought. From the eccentric comforts of the Mona Lisa guest house in Dhaka to the dusty frontier town of Peshawar, Hanifa Deen traveled through Bangladesh and Pakistan to discover the many faces of Muslim women today, meeting and talking to mavericks, feminists and starry-eyed foreign wives; actresses and socialites; urban ...