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Grant Reeher speaks with Sorayya Khan, an Ithaca-based novelist who writes about Pakistan.

By Jason Smith, Kate Percival

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Oswego, NY – Sorayya Khan is an Ithaca-based novelist who writes about Pakistan. In this conversation, she discusses the political and interpersonal concerns that drive her work, as well as the writing process. Along the way, she also weighs in on American understandings of Islam, and the controversy over the Muslim community center planned for lower Manhattan.