The Stranger

by Zahra Ali

The Stranger is the story of forgiving and letting go of the past to embrace the present. Sara is a girl who hails from California, USA. She is about to get married to the love of her life, Samuel but encounters a setback that eventually leads to the marriage being broken. To take a break from the heartbreak and betrayal of Samuel, she moves to London to continue her studies. During her stay in London, she meets a stranger in the park. He is enduring his own share of anguish and mutually, they find refuge in each other. Every love story has an antagonist but in their case, suspicion creates a stir in their lives. Set in London, this story aptly expresses the struggle of a girl to move on and embrace the true love that she always craved.

100 pages, Paperback

Published March 14, 2019

About the author

Zahra Ali is a sociologist and Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University, her research explores dynamics of women and gender, social and political movements in relation to Islam(s) and the Middle East and contexts of war and conflicts with a focus on contemporary Iraq. Her book Women and Gender in Iraq: between Nation-building and Fragmentation (2018), is a sociology of Iraqi women’s social, political activism and feminisms based on an in-depth ethnography of Iraqi women’s rights organizations and a history of their social, economic and political experiences since the formation of the Iraqi state.