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Osama Siddique اُسامہ صدیق writes fiction as well as non-fiction and in both English and Urdu.

(My new vlog series on books -- Kitab Dost) See https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcED...

He has written historical fiction that encompasses multiple eras ranging from ancient history to the near future as well as the diverse themes of time, religion, philosophy, ideas, architecture, archaeology, arts, iconic figures, progress, political systems, apartheids, evil and dissent.

In non-fiction he has written about history of evolution of laws in colonial and post-colonial settings, the elites that capture and control such laws, and their impact on ordinary citizens. He has also written about laws and politics as well as the politics of laws; about laws Osama Siddique اُسامہ صدیق writes fiction as well as non-fiction and in both English and Urdu.

(My new vlog series on books -- Kitab Dost) See https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcED...

He has written historical fiction that encompasses multiple eras ranging from ancient history to the near future as well as the diverse themes of time, religion, philosophy, ideas, architecture, archaeology, arts, iconic figures, progress, political systems, apartheids, evil and dissent.

In non-fiction he has written about history of evolution of laws in colonial and post-colonial settings, the elites that capture and control such laws, and their impact on ordinary citizens. He has also written about laws and politics as well as the politics of laws; about laws and society and the sociology of laws; and about rights and their violation as well as enforcement.

Dr. Osama Siddique is a Pakistani novelist, legal scholar, teacher and policy reform consultant. He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and holds Masters and Doctoral degrees from Harvard Law School. He has also taught at Harvard Law as the Inaugural Henry J. Steiner Visiting Professor in Human Rights. Osama is also a graduate of Government College University and LUMS and has taught at the latter for many years where he also led the establishment of and headed its Law and Policy School.

Osama works in the areas of sociology of law, legal history, human rights, constitutional law, access to justice, and law and development. He also serves on the Senior Faculty of Institute for Global Law & Policy (IGLP) at Harvard. He is also deeply interested in the areas of archeology, ancient and medieval history, literary fiction, science fiction, the natural world, mythology and fantasy.

Snuffing Out the Moon is his first novel and set in six distinct historical eras in South Asia. Ghuroob e Shehr Ka Waqt is his first Urdu novel and laments the decline and looming death of a city.

His book 'Pakistan's Experience with Formal Law: An Alien Justice' was declared the best non-fiction book of the year at the Karachi Literature Festival (KLF), 2014. It also won the American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS) Annual Book Prize 2014-15.
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	Snuffing out the Moon 3.94 avg rating — 160 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghuroob e Shehr Ka Waqt غروبِ شہر کا وقت 4.79 avg rating — 28 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pakistan's Experience with Formal Law: An Alien Justice 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2013 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Jurisprudence of Dissolutions: Presidential Power to Dissolve Assemblies Under the Pakistani Constitution and Its Discontents 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unstable Constitutionalism: Law and Politics in South Asia by Mark V. Tushnet (Editor), Madhav Khosla (Editor), Osama Siddique (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Criminal Procedure in Pakistan: Values, Policies, Law & Practice by Osama Siddique (Goodreads Author), Maryam Khan, Syed Ali Murtaza 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Norms, Interests and Values: Conflict and Consent in the Constitutional Basic Order by Henning Glaser (Editor), Osama Siddique (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jau-Yuan Hwang (Contributor) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teaching International Law: Reflections on Pedagogical Practice in Context by Jean-Pierre Gauci (Editor), Barrie Sander (Editor), Osama Siddique (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“It was always the same story no matter where he went. The bully, the weakling and the indifferent crowd—the eternal trinity of life! Unless you became a bully yourself or learnt how to back down or melt in the crowd so that the bully couldn’t find you, your torture never ceased.”
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“A large yellow moon hung over the horizon, oblivious to what travesties may be taking place in its pale light, on a planet inhabited by people who now prided themselves as being worthy of exploring the rest of their solar system.”
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