Mirza Waheed on writing beyond the radicalisation story: Southasia Review of Books #40

What does it mean to reckon with loss when there are no clear answers? In Maryam & Son , Mirza Waheed explores that question through the story of Maryam Ali, a mother in London whose son disappears and is drawn into a distant conflict in Iraq. As she waits for answers, the novel moves between memory and grief, tracing what happens when the certainties of motherhood begin to unravel and private…