Good Intentions is the latest British Muslim novel to present a complex yet familiar portrait of second-generation Muslims trying to navigate life and love while being faced with different expectations at home and in the larger context of western society. Kasim Ali’s thought-provoking novel is told from the perspective of Nur, an aspiring writer from a South Asian Muslim family, who is in a relationship with Yasmina, an ambitious and driven Sudanese Muslim girl. Set in Birmingham, Bradford and Nottingham, the story oscillates in time to capture four years of their relationship and explores the…