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In a dual narrative, Aboulela (Minaret; Lyric Alley), winner of the inaugural Caine Prize for African Writing, exposes the impossibility of definitively taking sides. In 2010 Scotland, the global war on terror pixilates the lives of history professor Natasha, her student Oz, and his actress mother Malak. They were initially brought together by Natasha's research on Oz and Malak's ancestor, the revered (real-life) Imam Shamil, anti-Russian leader of the Muslim tribes in the Caucuses region. As academic rese...Log In or Sign Up to Read More