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A journalist explores his family’s history to reveal the hybrid cultural and political landscape of Pakistan, the world’s first Islamic democracy Shahan Mufti’s family history, which he can trace back fourteen hundred years to the inner circle of the prophet Muhammad, offers an enlightened perspective on the mystifying history of Pakistan. Mufti uses the stories of his ancestors, many of whom served as judges and jurists in Muslim sharia courts of South Asia for many centuries, to reveal the deepest roots—real and imagined—of Islamic civilization in Pakistan. More than a personal history, The Faithful Scribe captures the larger story of the world’s first Islamic democracy, and explains how the state that once promised to bridge Islam and the West is now threatening to crumble under historical and political pressure, and why Pakistan’s destiny matters to us all.
About the Author
Shahan Mufti is a journalist and the author of "The Faithful Scribe: A Story of Islam, Pakistan, Family, and War." His work has been published by Harper's Magazine, WIRED, The New York Times Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Atlantic, and many others.
Shahan is a graduate of New York University, Middlebury College, and the United World College of the American West and he has also served as a Fulbright scholar in India. He lives with his wife in Richmond, Virginia, where he is an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Richmond.
