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{{Short description|2022 book by Saeed Naqvi}}{{Infobox book
| author = [[Saeed Naqvi]]
| isbn = 978-9-354-92433-0
| pub_date = January 29, 2022
| genre = Political Science
| language = English
| country = India
| name = The Muslim Vanishes: A Play
| publisher = [[Penguin India|Penguin Random House India Private Limited]]
| pages = 256
| awards = * Tata Literary Live 2022 (book)
* 2022 Atta Galatta-Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize (cover)
* Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize 2023 (cover)
| image = File:The_Muslim_Vanishes.jpg
}}

'''''The Muslim Vanishes: A Play''''' is a book written by [[Saeed Naqvi]] and published by [[Penguin India]] on 29 January 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Muslim Vanishes |url=https://www.penguin.co.in/book/the-muslim-vanishes/ |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Penguin Random House India |language=en-US}}</ref> It is also the first-ever Audio Play released by Penguin India Publishers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wahi |first=Kavya |date=2022-12-05 |title=The Muslim Vanishes: Penguin India's first-ever audio play |url=https://www.penguin.co.in/the-muslim-vanishes-penguin-indias-first-ever-audio-play/ |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Penguin Random House India |language=en-US}}</ref> Antra K., the cover designer of the book won the Best Cover Design category at the 2022 Atta Galatta-Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-21 |title=How to judge a book by its cover |url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com//news/talking-point/book-cover-design-oxford-bookstore-book-cover-prize-publishing-next-industry-awards-111713670258266.html |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Mintlounge |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Scroll Staff |date=2022-12-06 |title=Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival announces winners of its annual literary prizes |url=https://scroll.in/article/1039046/atta-galatta-bangalore-literature-festival-announces-winners-of-its-annual-literary-prizes |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Scroll.in |language=en}}</ref> and the [[Oxford Bookstore]] Book Cover Prize 2023 for the cover of the book.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Scroll Staff |date=2022-12-21 |title=The Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize reveals its 2023 longlist of 21 books |url=https://scroll.in/article/1040188/the-oxford-bookstore-book-cover-prize-reveals-its-2023-longlist-of-21-books |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Scroll.in |language=en}}</ref>

== Reviews ==
The book has been reviewed by Divya Trivedi of [[Frontline.thehindu.com|Frontline The Hindu]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-06 |title=Book Review: Saeed Naqvi's play 'The Muslim Vanishes' is a fable for our time |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/book-review-saeed-naqvi-play-the-muslim-vanishes-is-a-fable-for-our-time/article38381242.ece |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Frontline |language=en}}</ref> Maaz Bin Bilal, an associate professor of [[O. P. Jindal Global University|Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities]], in [[Scroll.in]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bilal |first=Maaz Bin |date=2022-04-16 |title='The Muslim Vanishes': A play imagines the implications of a social and economic boycott of Muslims |url=https://scroll.in/article/1021752/the-muslim-vanishes-a-play-imagines-the-implications-of-a-social-and-economic-boycott-of-muslims |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Scroll.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='The Muslim Vanishes': A play imagines the implications of a social and economic boycott of Muslims – JGU Research Blog – O.P. Jindal Global University |url=https://research.jgu.edu.in/the-muslim-vanishes-a-play-imagines-the-implications-of-a-social-and-economic-boycott-of-muslims/ |access-date=2024-07-20 |language=en-US}}</ref> Lamat R Hasan of [[Hindustan Times|The Hindustan Times]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hasan |first=Lamat R |title=Review: The Muslim Vanishes: A Play by Saeed Naqvi |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/reviewthe-muslim-vanishes-a-play-by-saeed-naqvi-101650025026463.html |website=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref> Shah Alam Khan of [[The Indian Express]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-09 |title=And Then There Were None: Veteran journalist Saeed Naqvi's The Muslim Vanishes imagines India without its Muslim population |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/and-then-there-were-none-veteran-journalist-saeed-naqvi-the-muslim-vanishes-book-review-7861057/ |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> Neville Teller of The Jerusalem Post,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-24 |title='The Muslim Vanishes' |url=https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/article-698506 |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |language=en |issn=0792-822X}}</ref> Zeba Vagh of FeminisminIndia.com,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vagh |first=Zeba |date=2023-07-27 |title=Saeed Naqvi's 'The Muslim Vanishes' Calls For Empathy In Times Of Hate |url=https://feminisminindia.com/2023/07/27/saeed-naqvi-the-muslim-vanishes-review/ |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Feminism in India |language=en-GB}}</ref> Javed Anis of iChowk.in,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Muslim Vanishes: एक जरूरी नाटक, जो काल्पनिक होते हुये भी सच्चाई के बहुत करीब है! |url=https://www.ichowk.in/politics/the-muslim-vanishes-book-by-veterian-journalist-saeed-naqvi-polemical-literature-but-not-as-theatre-icea/story/1/26859.html |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=www.ichowk.in |language=en}}</ref>

It is reviewed by Sudhanva Deshpande of [[The Hindu]] who said, "''The Muslim Vanishes'' works brilliantly as polemical literature but, sadly, not as theatre."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Deshpande |first=Sudhanva |date=2022-03-26 |title=Sudhanva Deshpande reviews Saeed Naqvi's 'The Muslim Vanishes' |url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/sudhanva-deshpande-reviews-saeed-naqvis-the-muslim-vanishes/article65236970.ece |access-date=2024-07-20 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Awards ==

* Tata Literature Live Award 2022<ref>{{Cite web |author=Scroll Staff |date=2022-10-28 |title=Tata Literature Live announces longlists across categories for its 2022 literary awards |url=https://scroll.in/article/1036070/tata-literature-live-announces-longlists-across-categories-for-its-2022-literary-awards |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Scroll.in |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==

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== External links ==
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