The Fatwa Girl

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Revealing a deep understanding of the human heart and its often mysterious attachments, The Fatwa Girl is at once a quirky exploration of a society on edge and a tender tale of shattered innocence. The day Omar spots his neighbor Amina trying to teach herself to ride a bicycle – an act of defiance in their conservative surroundings – he knows she is special. In modern-day Pakistan, where sectarian prejudices continue to dominate life and fundamentalism threatens to tear society apart, their Shia–Sunni alliance is not meant to be. Yet, Amina’s grace and charm are irresistible, her feisty idealism contagious, and Omar soon finds himself swept up in the storm of her convictions. But even as they initiate their unusual war against radical religiosity and mindless violence, using poetry and music – and occasionally lust – as ammunition, the very forces they have set out to oppose creep insidiously into their lives...

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Akbar Agha studied at Karachi University, and as an officer of the Pakistan Foreign Service has served on diplomatic assignments in Asia, Europe and Africa. After resigning from the foreign service, he taught at the University of San Luis Potosi in Mexico. He divides his time between Karachi and Mexico City.