Essays
Literary Landscapes:
Tourist versus Resident
— metro.news
How to Host a Book Club with Austen’s Six Novels.
— janeaustenlf.org
The Many Options for Rewriting a Classic
— shewrites.com
Pride, prejudice and parathas
— bookanista.com
Write Up on Radical Muslim Short Stories.
— National Book Critics Circle
Chai and Me
— Antiserious
The Face of Miscarriage.
— The New York Times
THE FALL: HOW NOT TO SURVIVE YOUR FATHER’S IMPRISONMENT
Pushcart Prize Nominee
— The Missing Slate
“Soniah Kamal’s raw, personal narrative of distance and the pain of separation weaves in and out of memories and history, ending poignantly at 9/11. Soniah’s story does what short nonfiction does so well, putting the reality of an individual experience in the context of world events.”
Constance A. Dunn, The Missing Slate Editor
How I Got Here
— The Guardian
Good Muslim Girls Don’t Propose- But I Did
(originally printed in Bengal Lights)
— Buzzfeed
When My Authentic is Your Exotic
— The Literary Hub
50 Novels By Women Writers On Conflict, Displacement And Resilience
— Huffington Post
The Reluctant Writer
— Catapult
Payton James Freeman Essay Prize– “The Reluctant Writer is an excellent essay worthy of honorable mention'” Judge Emily Rapp,
NYT bestselling essayist.
VELA Pick for Women We Read “Kamal’s essay is a meditation on family obligations, independence and opportunity. She lingers on the difficulty of compromising your dreams.”
Girls from Good Families Do Not Write Sex Stories
— The Butter. Editor Roxane Gay (reprinted in Scroll.in)
Longreads Recommended Read “Soniah Kamal dared to read—and then write—literature considered explicit by conservative Muslim society. The backlash was intense.”
Kashmir Calling
— Sugar Mule Literary Magazine
”Soniah Kamal focuses on the “weight of memories,” on the burden of carrying family stories with you as you remember the moments of happiness along with the times of grief and loss. Fearlessly honest in cultural translations between East and West, Kamal, for instance, amusingly compares the guttural sound of her grandfather’s chanted prayers to ‘gargling his soul'” Minerva Rising Literary Journal
Us and Them: Class in Downton Abbey
A Tale of Two Cities, Honor Killings and Honor Humiliations
— xojane
Malcolm Gladwell: Wives Who Pay the Bills (and Late Bloomersversus Prodigies)
Literary Agents, Credibility and Off the Record
How to Make a Book Trailer
— She Writes
Literary Prizes: What Are They Worth
The Writer’s Equation
Should Writers Have Kids?
Envy & Jealousy: The Writer’s heart.
Marriott Hotel. 2004. 2007. 2008
Election 2008 Results – Pakistan
returns to that Elusive Democratic
Learning Curve
— Pak Tea House
I Have a Dream, President Obama
African-American Women Writers Book Club Anniversary
— ArtsATL
The Fall
Living 9/11 in Pakistan and America
Would You Forgive Your Parents?
Should You Always Lie About Your Age?
Women Who Keep Facial Hair
Such a Nice Face: Too bad about the rest of you
Through the Wilderness
“Soniah Kamal captures what is strikingly consistent – our moments of discovery: “We were three excited girls perched on the edge of a green velvet sofa, waiting for a cassette to rewind, not knowing that when the world changes, this is how it happens, in ordinary living rooms on ordinary afternoons.” Used Furniture Review
The Death of Domestic Help
Honor: Fakhra Younas and Anusha
Forthcoming “Are You There Allah? It’s me Soniah”
“Soniah Kamal’s writing is smart, smooth and sweet. I love her ability to capture a moment, and I know that we are going to be seeing a lot more beautiful work from her in the future.” editor E. K. Anderson
God Revisited
— Pak Tea House
God=Allah=God=Allah
— Pak Tea House