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Uqasha
"Uqasha offers a paradox in its invention of 'moral' erotic fiction which defies the narrow preconceptions of the Islamic faith by putting Muslim values and characters - and challenges to these values - at its heart. A quietly subversive twist to the erotic fiction genre, and a bold, brave debut," Arifa Akbar
Uqasha started as a serial on Wattpad, updated 3 times a week for a year. It currently has more than 5.64 million readers. Written in Malay, it is now available in English for the first time from the independent publishing house, Fixi London.
Uqasha is a beautiful, intelligent, feisty 22-year-old woman in cosmopolitan Kuala Lumpur. She has everything a woman her age wants a gorgeous boyfriend, designer wardrobe, money in the bank, her own car and the best education that money can buy. She also has abandonment issue thanks to her parents, who keep sending her away when they are faced with another problem they don t want to deal with.
The latest of these is a man confessing to having sex out of wedlock with her and offering to marry her as a way to atone their sins. Her parents agree and the wedding is set in a week. Uqasha finds herself unable to escape her fate. Wedded to a man she doesn t love and yet can t resist physically, she is caught in a dilemma. She is finding it more and more difficult not to fall in love with Adam. Uqasha and Adam have secrets from the past threatening to jeopardize their budding love.
Haunted by past mistakes and histories, Uqasha has to try to solve one problem after another. Will she survive? Will she give in completely to Adam? Or will everything end in the ultimate heartbreak?
Uqasha is exploring the place of a woman in Modern Islam as a daughter, a wife, a friend and a person. She is finding as her contemporary – millennials if you will – how tricky it is to circumvent life in the maze of social media. She is challenging the archaic social and religion construct including defying the rules and punishments in marriage and in relationship between man and woman.
Uqasha is the next Feminist Icon. She is badass and she is Muslim.
Written by a young Muslim woman about muslim women for Muslim women and those who are interested. It is a timely novel for longer, deeper, urgent and necessary conversation about women and Islam in the very colourful and troubled world today.
Uqasha started as a serial on Wattpad, updated 3 times a week for a year. It currently has more than 5.64 million readers. Written in Malay, it is now available in English for the first time from the independent publishing house, Fixi London.
Uqasha is a beautiful, intelligent, feisty 22-year-old woman in cosmopolitan Kuala Lumpur. She has everything a woman her age wants a gorgeous boyfriend, designer wardrobe, money in the bank, her own car and the best education that money can buy. She also has abandonment issue thanks to her parents, who keep sending her away when they are faced with another problem they don t want to deal with.
The latest of these is a man confessing to having sex out of wedlock with her and offering to marry her as a way to atone their sins. Her parents agree and the wedding is set in a week. Uqasha finds herself unable to escape her fate. Wedded to a man she doesn t love and yet can t resist physically, she is caught in a dilemma. She is finding it more and more difficult not to fall in love with Adam. Uqasha and Adam have secrets from the past threatening to jeopardize their budding love.
Haunted by past mistakes and histories, Uqasha has to try to solve one problem after another. Will she survive? Will she give in completely to Adam? Or will everything end in the ultimate heartbreak?
Uqasha is exploring the place of a woman in Modern Islam as a daughter, a wife, a friend and a person. She is finding as her contemporary – millennials if you will – how tricky it is to circumvent life in the maze of social media. She is challenging the archaic social and religion construct including defying the rules and punishments in marriage and in relationship between man and woman.
Uqasha is the next Feminist Icon. She is badass and she is Muslim.
Written by a young Muslim woman about muslim women for Muslim women and those who are interested. It is a timely novel for longer, deeper, urgent and necessary conversation about women and Islam in the very colourful and troubled world today.
350 pages, Paperback
Published August 1, 2017
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About the author
Maria Isabella
10 books74 followersBorn in a musical family background, Maria fell in love with art at the first sight. And as she taught herself to read, she fell for the beauty of language.
Never set limit to her creativity, Maria used to play dollhouse to pour out her 'right-brain' contents. And as she grew up, she chose a different outlet -- writing.
Starting with Uqasha back in 2015, Maria's first baby is now published under Lejen Press (Uqasha: Nafsu and Uqasha 2: Rahsia) and now brought international by Fixi London.
Never set limit to her creativity, Maria used to play dollhouse to pour out her 'right-brain' contents. And as she grew up, she chose a different outlet -- writing.
Starting with Uqasha back in 2015, Maria's first baby is now published under Lejen Press (Uqasha: Nafsu and Uqasha 2: Rahsia) and now brought international by Fixi London.
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June 16, 2020
DNF
Very different from what I usually read, started off as something that caught my attention just enough but quickly evolved into a "50 Shades of Gray" esque plot that didn't hold me. The pacing is brisk and the language accessible, just not my type of book!
Very different from what I usually read, started off as something that caught my attention just enough but quickly evolved into a "50 Shades of Gray" esque plot that didn't hold me. The pacing is brisk and the language accessible, just not my type of book!
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