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Nadeem Aslam

Nadeem Aslam was born in Pakistan and now lives in England. He is the author of five novels, most recently The Golden Legend.  

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Essays & Memoir | Issue 142 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 142 padlock

Dog

Nadeem Aslam

‘More than once the new dog was aggressive, a stab of fire, but I did not tell the grown-ups. I feared they would take him away.’

Fiction | Issue 142
Fiction | Issue 142

The Secular World

Nadeem Aslam

‘There is no lack of talent in this country. All we lack is decent leaders.’ Pakistan’s secular world runs against fundamentalism in Nadeem Aslam’s latest novel, The Golden Legend.

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Fiction | Issue 116 padlock

Punnu’s Jihad

Nadeem Aslam

‘It is as though the metal itself is bleeding.’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 116
Essays & Memoir | Issue 116

Where to Begin

Nadeem Aslam

‘Pages five, six and seven make her into a Pakistani, but for the first four pages she is nothing but a human being.’

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Fiction | Issue 112 padlock

Leila in the Wilderness

Nadeem Aslam

‘It was almost involuntary: it felt like falling, or like rising in a dream.’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 112 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 112 padlock

Nadeem Aslam | God and Me

Nadeem Aslam

‘I loved—and continue to love—the pages of certain copies of the Qur’an.’

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