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Sep 14, 2020 · The narrator's name is also Ayad Akhtar, and it reads like memoir ... but it's a novel. Some of the fun lies in trying to tell what's fact and what's fiction.
- Noel King
Apr 29, 2013 · A play that tackles Islamophobia and questions of Muslim-American identity recently won the Pulitzer Prize for drama. The play is Disgraced, by first-time playwright Ayad Akhtar.
Jan 6, 2021 · Akhtar tells us how the Prophet’s life overly influences the way Muslims live now, leading the narrator’s cousin Ayesha into a deeply unhappy early marriage.
Sep 14, 2020 · The narrator relates his fairly idyllic American childhood; he loved sitcom laugh tracks and Uncle Sam in the post office and his 10-speed Schwinn bicycle. His father loved America even...
Sep 14, 2020 · An American Writer for an Age of Division. The playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar has never been afraid of provoking audiences. His latest work explores the origins of Trump’s toxicity, the...
- Alexandra Schwartz
Amir, who’s a high-powered attorney, takes a work call while he poses for Emily. He imagines himself making partner and seeing his name above the firm’s door—even if that name is “Kapoor” instead of his real last name.
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Of course, no one’s real life follows such a smooth narrative arc. Some of Akhtar’s successes originated in struggles he faced, and his relationship to Islam is no exception.
