Join Wajahat Ali, G. Willow Wilson, and Sabaa Tahir as they discuss their Muslim American narratives and their new books, "Go Back To Where You Came From" and "All My Rage." Register below and submit your questions to our speakers by emailing info@americanmusliminstitution.org.
Speakers
WAJAHAT ALI is a new kind of public intellectual: young, exuberant, optimistic, and funny. And though today’s doomsday headlines report growing division and racial strife, Ali hasn’t given up on his vision of a truly multicultural America—free of hate, fear, and bigotry. With refreshing honesty and humour, the Daily Beast columnist and popular political commentator shows us how we can come together as a “multicultural coalition of the willing” and drive lasting social change.
G. Willow Wilson is the author of the acclaimed novel THE BIRD KING (2019), co-creator of the Hugo and American Book Award-winning series MS MARVEL (2013-2018), and has written for some of the world’s best-known superhero comic book series, including THE X-MEN, SUPERMAN and WONDER WOMAN. Her first novel, ALIF THE UNSEEN, won the 2013 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, was a finalist for the Center For Fiction’s First Novel Prize, and was long-listed for the 2013 Women’s Prize for Fiction. In 2015, she won the Graphic Literature Innovator Prize at the PEN America Literary Awards. Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages. She lives in Seattle.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Sabaa Tahir grew up in California’s Mojave Desert at her family’s eighteen-room motel. There, she spent her time devouring fantasy novels, raiding her brother’s comic book stash, and playing guitar badly. She began writing books while working nights as a newspaper editor. She likes thunderous indie rock, garish socks, and all things nerd. For more information, please visit Sabaa at SabaaTahir.com or on Twitter and Instagram @SabaaTahir.