Samira Ahmed (1)
Author of Internment
For other authors named Samira Ahmed, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
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Series
Works by Samira Ahmed
Associated Works
Ink Knows No Borders: Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience (2019) — Contributor — 68 copies
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- Birthdate
- 20th Century
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Bombay, India
- Places of residence
- Batavia, Illinois, USA
- Education
- University of Chicago
- Agent
- New Leaf Literary & Media
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Statistics
- Works
- 15
- Also by
- 5
- Members
- 2,121
- Popularity
- #12,136
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 87
- ISBNs
- 80
- Languages
- 5
Muslims are being rounded up, their books burned, and their bodies encoded with identification numbers. Neighbors are divided, and the government is going after resisters. Layla and her family are interned in the California desert along with thousands of other Muslim Americans, but she refuses to accept the circumstances of her detention, plotting to take down the system. She quickly learns that resistance is no joke: Two hijabi girls are beaten and dragged away screaming after standing up to the camp director. There are rumors of people being sent to black-op sites. Some guards seem sympathetic, but can they be trusted? Taking on Islamophobia and racism in a Trump-like America, Ahmed’s (Love, Hate & Other Filters, 2018) magnetic, gripping narrative, written in a deeply humane and authentic tone, is attentive to the richness and complexity of the social ills at the heart of the book. Layla grows in consciousness as she begins to understand her struggle not as an individual accident of fate, but as part of an experience of oppression she shares with millions. This work asks the question many are too afraid to confront: What will happen if xenophobia and racism are allowed to fester and grow unabated?
A reminder that even in a world filled with divisions and right-wing ideology, young people will rise up and demand equality for all. (Realistic fiction. 13-18)
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