Abstract

In this detailed interview with Muddasir Ramzan, Tabish Khair discusses his role as a writer, with a special focus on his novel Just Another Jihadi Jane (Northampton, MA: Interlink Books, 2016). He expresses his views on Muslim identity, his life as a writer and academic in Denmark, Islamophobia and Muslims in the West, re-orientalism and the politics of representation, comprador intellectuals, his response to the Rushdie Affair, and post-9/11 discourses. This interview also elicits his thoughts on shifting between different genres of writing, censorship, European colonisation, many categories of Muslims, religious fundamentalisms, surveillance, the internet and social media, “jihadi janes”, extremism, ISIS returnees and the burning of books, and other postcolonial themes.

摘要

在对 Muddasir Ramzan 的详细采访中，Tabish Khair 讨论了他作为作家的角色，特别关注他的小说Just Another Jihadi Jane（马萨诸塞州北安普顿：Interlink Books，2016 年）。他表达了他对穆斯林身份、他作为丹麦作家和学者的生活、西方的伊斯兰恐惧症和穆斯林、重新东方主义和代表政治、买办知识分子、他对拉什迪事件的回应以及 9/11 后的看法话语。这次采访还引发了他关于在不同写作类型、审查制度、欧洲殖民、许多类别的穆斯林、宗教原教旨主义、监视、互联网和社交媒体、“圣战简报”、极端主义、伊斯兰国返回者和焚书之间转换的想法，和其他后殖民主题。