![]() Monday.įor Zara Hossain, growing up bisexual in Corpus Christi, Texas, as a Pakistani immigrant hasn’t been easy. ![]() She’ll talk about her latest novel during a virtual gathering of the Northwest Passages Book Club hosted by Mandy Manning, Washington’s 2018 National Teacher of the Year, at 7 p.m. Since then, Khan has published two young adult fiction novels featuring heroines who are queer and Muslim: “The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali” and “Zara Hossain Is Here,” which was released this month. So, she gathered her storytelling skills and set to work. ![]() If there was hardly any literature being written about Muslim teenagers, surely there was even less about LGBTQ+ Muslim teenagers. Khan knew she wanted to contribute somehow, but it wasn’t until her 17-year-old daughter came out a few years ago that she found the right inspiration. “Not just a certain part of the community, but every child, every reader should be able to find at least one if not many more books where they feel like their lives are reflected on the page.” “We need to see a lot more books so that everyone can see themselves in the stories,” Khan said. Sabina Khan grew up reading constantly, but it wasn’t until her 20s that she finally started seeing herself in literature. ![]()
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