KS
's maternal grandmother was memoirist Jahanara Habibullah
. A relative of great poets and patrons of art and literature, Habibullah was educated in Persian, Arabic, and English in addition to her native Urdu.
Shamsie, Muneeza. “Discovering the Matrix”. Critical Muslim 4, edited by Robin Yassin-Kassab et al., C. Hurst & Co, 2012, pp. 165-76.
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Intertextuality and Influence
Kamila Shamsie
For inspiration, KS
drew upon Remembrance of Days Past, a memoir written by her grandmother Jahanara Habibullah
and circulated amongst the family. The work consisted of a collection of family history and anecdotes along...