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Zoë Ferraris moved to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of the first Gulf War. She lived in a conservative Muslim community with her then-husband and his family, a group of Saudi-Palestinians.

Her debut novel, Finding Nouf (published as Night of the Mi'raj in the UK) was a national and international bestseller, winner of the LA Times Book Award for First Fiction, a B&N Discover pick, an ALE Alex Award winner, and was translated and published in 45 countries. Two follow-up novels, City of Veils and Kingdom of Strangers have been published in over 35 countries. The three books have been optioned for a television series.

She has an MFA from Columbia University and currently lives in San Francisco. ...more

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	Finding Nouf (Nayir Sharqi & Katya Hijazi #1) 3.80 avg rating — 9,998 ratings — published 2007 — 67 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	City of Veils (Nayir Sharqi & Katya Hijazi #2) 3.94 avg rating — 4,208 ratings — published 2010 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kingdom of Strangers (Nayir Sharqi & Katya Hijazi #3) 4.02 avg rating — 2,429 ratings — published 2012 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hunt for the Pyxis (The Galaxy Pirates #1) 3.79 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Retro Vol. 1 No. 3 by Brian Joseph Davis (Editor), Roxane Gay (Goodreads Author), Amelia Gray (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fiction: Reimagined Lives (2009): Los Angeles Times Festival of Books by Zoë Ferraris (Goodreads Author), David Wroblewski, Jill Bialosky (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The second in a series of posts about you Hi everyone. Welcome back to my series about the unconscious mind, or what I call the Inner Self . This is a subject I’ve been obsessed with for a long time, because the Inner Self is literally the basis of all creativity and desire, which means that it affects all of us, all the time. And I think we completely misunderstand it—and I mean, deeply . For mos Read more of this blog post »

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Equality Is a Struggle: Bulletins from the Front Line, 2021-2025

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“And like some part of himself that, two days ago, had thought pray and propriety were antidote enough to what ailed the world.”
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“I'm sorry about what I said about the police," she said. "I know your friend works for them."

"You have reason," he said. "You don't know what they'll do, and when they become known for doing crazy things, you have no reason to trust them. That's their fault, not yours.”
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“I sometimes think that it’s the only way evil can truly express itself—that is, by distorting religion. It doesn’t surprise me that your killer is using Islam in his perversions. Evil tries to destroy that which is most sacred—and it always fails.”
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