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Karim, Sheba
3 Reviews
(3)
YA
After a scandalous modeling photo of Ghazala appears on a Times Square billboard, the NYU student and her friends Mariam and Umar go on a road trip to New Orleans to decompress. In this humorous and hard-hitting new-adult novel, the South Asian Muslim Americans confront Islamophobia in the Deep South and take on personal issues such as locating an absent parent and reconciling Islam with homosexuality.
Reviewer: Julie Hakim Azzam
(3)
YA
Shabnam, a secularized Pakistani American girl excited to go off to college, lost her friendship with Farah when Farah started wearing the hijab. The two reconnect over the summer, but Shabnam's romance with non-Muslim boy Jamie concerns Farah. Shabnam's father's love for Urdu poetry and Sufism adds further interest to this affecting coming-of-age story that realistically portrays the diversity of the U.S. Muslim community.
Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt
(3)
YA
Nina, a Pakistani-Muslim eleventh grader living in New York State, struggles with her identity. Worse though, she's hirsute, self-deprecatingly calling herself "skunk girl" because of a line of dark hair down her back. When a boy Nina likes reciprocates her feelings, Nina must reconcile her parents' beliefs with her own complicated desires. Caught between two cultures, Nina's a believable character making tough choices.
Reviewer: Carolyn Shute
3 reviews
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