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Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 The Scope of Permissibility
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'How do you balance desire, ambition and expectations?

'Feeling alienated from wider society, Sara, Abida and Naeem gravitate towards their university’s Muslim Students’ Association. Within its austere confines, Sara watches Naeem. Over time, the pair commence a furtive relationship outside of the gaze of their families and peers. But Naeem is especially burdened by the widening gap between his public façade and their clandestine forays.

'As the MSA elections approach, Abida seeks to win the presidency at all costs, threatening her longstanding friendship with Sara and risking her reputation.

'What will the repercussions be for all three if Sara and Naeem transgressions are exposed?' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ultimo, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Ultimo Press , 2023 .
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      Extent: 320p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 5 July 2023
      ISBN: 9781761152177

Works about this Work

Book Review : The Scope of Permissibility, Zeynab Gamieldien Ashleigh Meikle , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , July 2023;

— Review of The Scope of Permissibility Zeynab Gamieldien , 2023 single work novel
Between Fate and Choice Sonia Nair , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2023;

— Review of The Scope of Permissibility Zeynab Gamieldien , 2023 single work novel

'Campus novels so often involve a coming-of-age: the formative years of young adulthood are spent within the confines of institutions, with their unspoken political and social structures ripe for exploration, particularly those of morality, ethics, gender and sex. University as a microcosm of the broader world is the setting of Zeynab Gamieldien’s debut novel The Scope of Permissibility, which expands the genre to focus on a group of devout Muslim students’ experience of love, life and friendship in Sydney.' (Introduction)

Books Roundup Simon McDonald , Monikka Eliah , Seth Robinson , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , July 2023;

— Review of Roseghetto Kirsty Jagger , 2023 single work novel ; The Scope of Permissibility Zeynab Gamieldien , 2023 single work novel
‘Exciting’, ‘Bold’, ‘Laugh Out Loud’ : The Best Australian Books Out in July Steph Harmon , Sian Cain , Susan Wyndham , Declan Fry , Rafqa Touma , Yvonne C Lam , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 6 July 2023;

— Review of Wifedom : Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life Anna Funder , 2023 single work biography ; The Scope of Permissibility Zeynab Gamieldien , 2023 single work novel ; The Pole and Other Stories J. M. Coetzee , 2023 selected work short story ; Restless Dolly Maunder Kate Grenville , 2023 single work novel
‘Exciting’, ‘Bold’, ‘Laugh Out Loud’ : The Best Australian Books Out in July Steph Harmon , Sian Cain , Susan Wyndham , Declan Fry , Rafqa Touma , Yvonne C Lam , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 6 July 2023;

— Review of Wifedom : Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life Anna Funder , 2023 single work biography ; The Scope of Permissibility Zeynab Gamieldien , 2023 single work novel ; The Pole and Other Stories J. M. Coetzee , 2023 selected work short story ; Restless Dolly Maunder Kate Grenville , 2023 single work novel
Books Roundup Simon McDonald , Monikka Eliah , Seth Robinson , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , July 2023;

— Review of Roseghetto Kirsty Jagger , 2023 single work novel ; The Scope of Permissibility Zeynab Gamieldien , 2023 single work novel
Between Fate and Choice Sonia Nair , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2023;

— Review of The Scope of Permissibility Zeynab Gamieldien , 2023 single work novel

'Campus novels so often involve a coming-of-age: the formative years of young adulthood are spent within the confines of institutions, with their unspoken political and social structures ripe for exploration, particularly those of morality, ethics, gender and sex. University as a microcosm of the broader world is the setting of Zeynab Gamieldien’s debut novel The Scope of Permissibility, which expands the genre to focus on a group of devout Muslim students’ experience of love, life and friendship in Sydney.' (Introduction)

Book Review : The Scope of Permissibility, Zeynab Gamieldien Ashleigh Meikle , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , July 2023;

— Review of The Scope of Permissibility Zeynab Gamieldien , 2023 single work novel
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