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Meet Samira Ahmed
| Location | East City Bookshop, 645 Pennsylvania Ave., SE, Washington, DC |
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| Date | Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm |
| Duration | 1 hours |
| Link | http://www.eastcitybookshop.com/event/samira-ahmed-love-hate-and-other-filters |
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| Repeats? | No |
| Details | Join author Samira Ahmed for the launch of her novel, LOVE, HATE AND OTHER FILTERS. *** In this unforgettable debut novel, an Indian-American Muslim teen copes with Islamophobia, cultural divides among peers and parents, and a reality she can neither explain nor escape. American-born seventeen-year-old Maya Aziz is torn between worlds. There’s the proper one her parents expect for their good Indian daughter: attending a college close to their suburban Chicago home, and being paired off with an older Muslim boy her mom deems “suitable.” And then there is the world of her dreams: going to film school and living in New York City—and maybe (just maybe) pursuing a boy she’s known from afar since grade school, a boy who’s finally falling into her orbit at school. There’s also the real world, beyond Maya’s control. In the aftermath of a horrific crime perpetrated hundreds of miles away, her life is turned upside down. The community she’s known since birth becomes unrecognizable; neighbors and classmates alike are consumed with fear, bigotry, and hatred. Ultimately, Maya must find the strength within to determine where she truly belongs. |
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