{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/689b7bcb290bdec8f9696fb1/6a4b54e61e8214612a0e4def?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Saima Mir: Jia Khan's Last Stand and What She Left Behind","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/689b7bcb290bdec8f9696fb1/1783321825369-b7c5216a-de79-466a-bf1b-f95d7e1f1ce9.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><a href=\"https://saimamir.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Saima Mir</a> returns to&nbsp;<em>The Conversation</em>&nbsp;to mark the release of&nbsp;<a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/14776/9781836431893\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Deliverance</em></a>, the closing chapter of her Jia Khan trilogy, following&nbsp;<a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/14776/9780861540891\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Khan</em></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/14776/9780861541591\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Vengeance</em></a>. Two crime writers, both working from lived heritage, sit down to talk about what it actually feels like to let a character go.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode:</p><ul><li><strong>Ending a trilogy</strong>&nbsp;— the strange grief of finishing a series years in the making, and Jia Khan's evolution from her origins to a character defined by strength, complexity, and resilience</li><li><strong>From the newsroom to the page</strong>&nbsp;— how Saima's years in crime reporting shaped the world of the books</li><li><strong>The double standard</strong>&nbsp;— why women of colour writing morally complicated characters get held to a different account than everyone else, and why seeing yourself in a story still matters</li><li><strong>Dismantling the stereotype</strong>&nbsp;— the tired narratives about women of colour that Saima's work sets out to challenge</li><li><strong>What the heroine taught the writer</strong>&nbsp;— what Jia Khan revealed to Saima about herself, on and off the page</li></ul><p><br></p><p>And to close things out: favourite jokes, leaps of faith worth taking, and the strangest thing either of them turned up while researching international money laundering.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/14776/9781836431893\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Buy Deliverance</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://saimamir.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Saima Mir</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Nadine Matheson"}