The biopolitical exercise of power against ethnic minorities has dominated the scene ofphilosophical writing for many decades. Hegemonic practices are rooted in a colonial his-tory of violence, dehumanization, and genocidal action against marginalized nationalbodies that are constantly pushed outside the sphere of political and cultural representa-tion. The manipulation of discourse, space, and bodies by colonial forces implies that aresponse to physical brutality and cultural exclusion becomes a sacred intellectual andscholarly mission that Aroosa Kanwal’s book succinctly and persuasively adopts. In herinsightful contribution to the subjective formation of Muslim identities in postcolonialcommunities and geographies, Kanwal touches upon a critical question that has enduredimperial scrutiny and its technological surveillance for years; that is, re-framing the deeplyburied agency of the rehumanized Muslim subjects via literary production and creativeinvention.
