Book Reviews

A grasping story of General Zia's plane explosion in August 1988. The author lets you meet the alleged suspects of General Zia's murder. One of the suspects is Ali Shigri, a junior under officer whose father was a colonel in the army and served in the Afghan war. Colonel Shigri was found dead, hanging down the ceiling fan one morning. Ali suspects military of killing his father and wants revenge from General Zia. His roommate Obaidullah is found missing one day along with a plane, which is the beggining of hard times for Ali. General Akhtar who was the then chief of ISI is another suspect who could've been involved. A number of questionable deaths mentioned in the story;Brigadier TM points out a hidden camera at general Zia's residence and meets death afterwards. Zainab who is a blind girl gets prisoned on account of adultery which was a gang rape. She curses whoever prisoned her to have his innards eaten by worms and that his children may never see his dead face. Wa...

Before I start the review, I can’t really hold my say; I love this book! A book written for the people who want to live their life, without letting their life own them. A great book for people who have experienced pain and disappointment in this world and have questions regarding various chapters of life. Sister Yasmin touches different subjects of our lives like attachments, love, hardships, relationship with the Creator, women’s status, Ummah and the last portion is dedicated to poetry. Sr. Yasmin discusses attachments before love to make us understand that a lot of things, people, places, thoughts ideas are not loved by us, we are simply attached to them. We live in a mirage of love. Our need to feel whole can only be fulfilled by God and not these attachments. To fill love of God in our heart, we need to empty it of all the attachments. She goes on to discuss love; how a person or a thing cannot be our reason of existence. Something temporary, fading will break us sooner or lat...