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Syed Mujtaba Ali

Fiction: An Indian man and Afghani woman fall in love in 1920s’ Kabul, but a tragic fate awaits them

An excerpt from ‘Shabnam’, by Syed Mujtaba Ali. Translated from the Bengali by Nazes Afroz.

Syed Mujtaba Ali
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Nazes Afroz
· Aug 13, 2024 · 05:30 pm
Between two World Wars, Syed Mujtaba Ali set out on a ship from India to Europe. This is his story

An excerpt from ‘Tales of a Voyager (Joley Dangay)’. Translated from the Bengali by Nazes Afroz.

Syed Mujtaba Ali
&
Nazes Afroz
· Sep 20, 2023 · 08:30 am
Taking a chance in Afghanistan: A Bengali traveller goes to Kabul in the 1920s

An excerpt from ‘In A Land Far From Home: A Bengali in Afghanistan, Syed Mujtaba Ali’, translated from the Bengali by Nazes Afroz.

Syed Mujtaba Ali
· Sep 17, 2021 · 08:30 am