FATIMA FARHEEN MIRZA’S book A Place for Us follows the experience of a devout Shia Muslim Indian family in Northern California, post-9/11. So much of the story can already be deduced from that premise: the trials and tribulations of a being a significantly marginalized, if not demonized minority attempting to coexist with those who label […]
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