Tag Archives: Saleem Haddad

Fave Five: Queer Muslim Fiction

These are all Adult titles. For YA, click here.

Guapa by Saleem Haddad

Bright Lines by Tanwi Nandini Islam

The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar

God in Pink by Hasan Namir

The City of Devi by Manil Suri

Bonus: Coming in August, Radiant Fugitives by Nawaaz Ahmed

Fave Five: LGBTQ Fiction with Arab MCs

The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar (Syrian)

A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar (Egyptian-Palestinian)

Guapa by Saleem Haddad (Unnamed)

God in Pink by Hassan Namir (Iraqi) 

You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat (Palestinian)

Bonus: Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy is set in a fictional universe, but the refugee MC’s background is based on McCarthy’s Lebanese background