Three Begums
The Women Who Shaped My Life
$28.75
- Paperback
276 pages
- Release Date
3 July 2025
Summary
A poignant reflection on grief, empowerment and feminism through the lives of three women who shaped Ziauddin Sardar’s destiny.
Three Begums revolves around the lives of three ordinary women—Hamida, Merryl, and Saliha—who lived extraordinary, interwoven lives of fabulous joy, fierce pain, and untold trauma. Like many who came before them, they loved and dreamed. Although born in different times and places, they were united through their dedication to betterin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781805263333 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1805263331 |
| Author: | Ziauddin Sardar |
| Publisher: | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 276 |
| Release Date: | 3 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 318g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 190mm x 127mm |
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Critics Review
‘Written in a self-reflective style and full of anecdotes and stories about the three women, their connections and their impacts, the book is significant at several levels.’
* Asian Affairs *‘Outstanding. To say it is a fine piece of writing is to sell it short. It is a wonderful tribute to three women that captures their lives, passions and relationships in a way that is very rarely achieved.’
– Colin Tudge, author of The Secret Life of Trees and The Great Rethink: A 21st Century RenaissanceAbout The Author
Ziauddin Sardar
Ziauddin Sardar is an award-winning, internationally renowned writer, futurist and cultural critic. His books include Desperately Seeking Paradise: Journeys of a Sceptical Muslim; Reading the Qur’an; and Mecca: The Sacred City. A former New Statesman columnist and equality and human rights commissioner, he is Editor of influential quarterly Critical Muslim.
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