Sabir, M. Rehan & Prasetyarini, Aryati: Feminine Temporality in Banu Mushtaq's Heart Lamp: Selected Stories

_Bulletin of Islamic Research_ 4 (2):173-188. 2026South Asian Muslim women's fiction remains relatively underrepresented in Anglophone literary scholarship, particularly writing produced in Indian regional languages. This article examines Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp: Selected Stories (trans. Deepa Bhasthi, 2025) to analyze how feminine temporality is constructed and negotiated in South Asian Muslim women's everyday lives. Drawing on feminist temporality theory, particularly the work of Kristeva, F