A while back, Words Without Borders had a SF issue where they included excerpts from this work in Urdu, which they describe as "the world's first magical fantasy epic": Tilism-e-Hoshruba.
I'm also reminded of "The Sultana's Dream" by Roquia Sakhawat Hussain (nominated for last year's Kaleidoscope!), who was a Bengali Muslim writer.
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A while back, Words Without Borders had a SF issue where they included excerpts from this work in Urdu, which they describe as "the world's first magical fantasy epic": Tilism-e-Hoshruba.
I'm also reminded of "The Sultana's Dream" by Roquia Sakhawat Hussain (nominated for last year's Kaleidoscope!), who was a Bengali Muslim writer.