Zameen (novel)

Zameen
Author	Khadija Mastoor
Original title	زمین
Translator	Daisy Rockwell
Language	Urdu
Genres	Historical fiction; Social novel;
Set in	Pakistan in the late 1940s
Published	1983
Publisher	Idara-e-Farogh-e-Urdu
Publication place	Pakistan
Published in English	2019
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	238 (first edition)
ISBN	9693505743 (Sang-e-Meel Publications, 1995)
OCLC	14358029
Dewey Decimal	891.439371
LC Class	PK2200.K394 Z24

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Zameen (Urdu: زمین, romanized: Zamīn, lit. 'land'), alternatively spelled Zamin, is an Urdu novel by Pakistani novelist and short story writer Khadija Mastoor. The novel was published posthumously by Idara-e-Farogh-e-Urdu in 1983.^[2] Daisy Rockwell, PhD, translated it into English and released it in July 2019 under the title A Promised Land.^[3]^[4] Zameen depicts the economic and political upheaval that entailed the partition of British India.^[5] It begins at the final setting of Mastoor's first novel Aangan – the Walton refugee camp in Lahore. Consequently, it is sometimes considered an extension of Aangan, however, Rockwell has clarified that it is not a narrative sequel, rather a philosophical and thematic follow-up.^[6]^[7] It is considered a political allegory and a women-centric historical account of Pakistan's independence.^[8]

^ Akhtar, Syed Javed (1997). Urdū kī Nāvil Nigār K͟havātīn: Taraqqī Pasand Taḥrīk se Daur-i Ḥāz̤ir Tak اردو کی ناول نگار خواتین: ترقی پسند تحریک سے دور حاظر تک (in Urdu). Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications. p. 91. OCLC 39649991. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
^
- "Zamīn". Harvard University. n.d. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- Iram, Naila (July–September 2018). "خدیجہ مستور کے کردار: عالیہ اور ساجدہ کا تنقیدی جائزہ (آزادی سے متعلق صورتِ حال کے حوالہ سے)". Noor e Tahqeeq (in Urdu). 2 (7). Lahore: Lahore Garrison University: 289. eISSN 2521-0157. ISSN 2519-6618.
- "Nuqoosh Collection Books". Government College University, Lahore. n.d. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
^ Farrukhi, Asif (31 August 2019). "Daisy Rockwell's translation of 'Zameen', Khadija Mastur's neglected masterpiece, gives it new life". Scroll.in. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
^ "Bio". Daisy Rockwell. n.d. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
^ Parekh, Rauf (30 October 2016). "The dawn of a new era". Dawn. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
^ Subramanian, Lalitha (3 November 2019). "Post-partition pangs". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
^
- "Khadija Mastoor Biography and Novel Nigari | خدیجہ مستور". Urdu Notes (in Urdu). n.d. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- Rockwell, Daisy (5 July 2019). "This just in...my translation of Khadija Mastur's A Promised Land (Zameen, in Urdu). A harrowing novel from the author [...]". Daisy Rockwell. Retrieved 6 March 2021 – via Facebook.
^ Whitehead, Andrew (7 September 2019). "'A Promised Land' review: Sajidah and her sisters". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

[1] Akhtar, Syed Javed (1997). Urdū kī Nāvil Nigār K͟havātīn: Taraqqī Pasand Taḥrīk se Daur-i Ḥāz̤ir Tak اردو کی ناول نگار خواتین: ترقی پسند تحریک سے دور حاظر تک (in Urdu). Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications. p. 91. OCLC 39649991. Retrieved 13 March 2021.

[2] 
"Zamīn". Harvard University. n.d. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
Iram, Naila (July–September 2018). "خدیجہ مستور کے کردار: عالیہ اور ساجدہ کا تنقیدی جائزہ (آزادی سے متعلق صورتِ حال کے حوالہ سے)". Noor e Tahqeeq (in Urdu). 2 (7). Lahore: Lahore Garrison University: 289. eISSN 2521-0157. ISSN 2519-6618.
"Nuqoosh Collection Books". Government College University, Lahore. n.d. Retrieved 8 March 2021.

[3] "Zamīn". Harvard University. n.d. Retrieved 15 March 2021.

[4] Iram, Naila (July–September 2018). "خدیجہ مستور کے کردار: عالیہ اور ساجدہ کا تنقیدی جائزہ (آزادی سے متعلق صورتِ حال کے حوالہ سے)". Noor e Tahqeeq (in Urdu). 2 (7). Lahore: Lahore Garrison University: 289. eISSN 2521-0157. ISSN 2519-6618.

[5] "Nuqoosh Collection Books". Government College University, Lahore. n.d. Retrieved 8 March 2021.

[:3-3] Farrukhi, Asif (31 August 2019). "Daisy Rockwell's translation of 'Zameen', Khadija Mastur's neglected masterpiece, gives it new life". Scroll.in. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

[4] "Bio". Daisy Rockwell. n.d. Retrieved 27 February 2021.

[:0-5] Parekh, Rauf (30 October 2016). "The dawn of a new era". Dawn. Retrieved 27 February 2021.

[:1-6] Subramanian, Lalitha (3 November 2019). "Post-partition pangs". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

[7] 
"Khadija Mastoor Biography and Novel Nigari | خدیجہ مستور". Urdu Notes (in Urdu). n.d. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
Rockwell, Daisy (5 July 2019). "This just in...my translation of Khadija Mastur's A Promised Land (Zameen, in Urdu). A harrowing novel from the author [...]". Daisy Rockwell. Retrieved 6 March 2021 – via Facebook.

[11] "Khadija Mastoor Biography and Novel Nigari | خدیجہ مستور". Urdu Notes (in Urdu). n.d. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

[12] Rockwell, Daisy (5 July 2019). "This just in...my translation of Khadija Mastur's A Promised Land (Zameen, in Urdu). A harrowing novel from the author [...]". Daisy Rockwell. Retrieved 6 March 2021 – via Facebook.

[:2-8] Whitehead, Andrew (7 September 2019). "'A Promised Land' review: Sajidah and her sisters". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

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