Journal of Postcolonial Writing, Volume 52, Issue 2 (2016)

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al-Andalus

Introduction

Introduction
Introduction: The enduring legacy of al-Andalus
Muneeza Shamsie
Pages: 127-135
Published online: 24 Jun 2016
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Articles

Article
La convivencia, la mezquita and al-Andalus: An Iqbalian vision
Amina Yaqin
Pages: 136-152
Published online: 24 Jun 2016
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Power politics, Hobbesian fear and the duty of self-preservation: Tariq Ali’s Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree
David Waterman
Pages: 153-164
Published online: 24 Jun 2016
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Twenty years after: Reading The Moor’s Last Sigh in 2015
Shobhana Bhattacharji
Pages: 165-177
Published online: 24 Jun 2016
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Librarians, rebels, property owners, slaves: Women in al-Andalus
Kamila Shamsie
Pages: 178-188
Published online: 24 Jun 2016
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Interviews

Discussion
Highlighting the sceptical strain: An interview with Tariq Ali
Cara Cilano
Pages: 189-194
Published online: 24 Jun 2016
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Discussion
Reconstructing the story of Mustafa/Estebanico: A Moor in the New World: An interview with Laila Lalami
Muneeza Shamsie
Pages: 195-200
Published online: 24 Jun 2016
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An interview with Robert Irwin
Rachel Holmes
Pages: 201-204
Published online: 24 Jun 2016
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Poetry and al-Andalus

Poetry
Selections from The Dream of the Poem: Hebrew Poetry from Muslim and Christian Spain, c.950-1492
Peter Cole
Pages: 205-210
Published online: 24 Jun 2016
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Bread and the secret musk of books
Shadab Zeest Hashmi
Pages: 211-217
Published online: 24 Jun 2016
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Creative writing

Another way of saying: A reverie on the poetry of al-Andalus
Alev Adil
Pages: 218-224
Published online: 24 Jun 2016
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Review Essay

Essay
Losing paradise now
Bruce King
Pages: 225-231
Published online: 30 Mar 2016
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Book Review

Book Review
Granada: the light of Andalucia; The Moor’s account: a novel
Muneeza Shamsie
Pages: 232-233
Published online: 26 Jan 2016
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The struggle for Pakistan: a Muslim ho and global politics/Britain through Muslim eyes: literary representations, 1780–1988
Humaira Saeed
Pages: 234-235
Published online: 16 Feb 2016
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Hanif Kureishi: contemporary critical perspectives
Ghazala Butt
Pages: 235-236
Published online: 23 Mar 2016
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Book Review
Orientalism, terrorism, indigenism: South Asian readings in postcolonialism
Mursed Alam & Anindya Sekhar Purakayastha
Pages: 236-237
Published online: 22 Feb 2016
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Book Review
Postcolonial studies: an anthology: The postcolonial studies dictionary
David Firth
Pages: 238-239
Published online: 10 Mar 2016
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Book Review
The postcolonial cultural industry: icons, markets, mythologies; Postcolonial piracy: media distribution and cultural production in the global south
Pramod K. Nayar
Pages: 239-241
Published online: 25 Jan 2016
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Book Review
The bleeding lotus: notions of nation in Bangladeshi cinema
Danielle Hall
Pages: 241-242
Published online: 10 Mar 2016
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Book Review
Submission: Soumission
Adele King
Pages: 242-243
Published online: 17 Mar 2016
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