See you tonight? At @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social on H St, 7 pm sharp. I'll be discussing my new book, THE NIGHT IS NOT FOR YOU, with @verakurian.bsky.social

#literaryDMV

THE NIGHT IS NOT FOR YOU is out!

This spooky novel is inspired by folk traditions of the Arabian Peninsula and the Maldives, rural SW Saudi, psychological suspense, and our effed up world.

@orbitbooks.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social @wildfirebooks.bsky.social @hachetteaudio.bsky.social

TFW you're less than a week from publication

#thenightisnotforyou

💙📚👀📢📚😱 Coming in exactly two months, THE NIGHT IS NOT FOR YOU.

It's for you if you like:

-Folklore
-Coming of age
-Game-of-Thrones-level horror

(Although if you really like to be spooked, get the audiobook. It even creeped me out!)

Pre-order: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eman-...

Coming October 7 to the US and the UK

Folklore inspired coming of age horror

@headlinebooks.bsky.social @orbitbooks.bsky.social @wildfirebooks.bsky.social

#horrorwriter #horror

Day 3, #1000wordsofsummer. Prompting myself to write.

Spots still open for my @tinhouse.bsky.social craft intensive on place, setting, and world-building! May 31!

Register: tinhouse.com/product/spri...

US 🇺🇸 and Saudi 🇸🇦 leaders are meeting today, so it seems like a good day to plug my novel about Saudi-American entanglements, BRIDE OF THE SEA.

It’s just one story, but it’s different from the geopolitical spin you’ll read in most books and articles about my countries’ longstanding relationship.

Happy Arab American Heritage Month! My novel features:

-Arab temporary migration
-Cross national experience and identity
-The first Gulf War
-Arab Americans post-9/11

But don’t just read our books for the geopolitics. Read us for our craft and innovation as Anglophone writers.😎

See ya Saturday? It's a great line-up of DC-Maryland-Virginia writers and editors getting into the nitty gritty of publishing -- from books to the shorter stuff.

Register at writer.org/publish-now

I had a really amazing time at @macdowell1907.bsky.social and ignored the news, and everything's fine in the world-- right?! right?!

Happening Monday!

@politicsprose.bsky.social @graywolfpress.bsky.social @therakha.net

#readpalestineweek #readpalestinealways

Just a few books from my shelves to inspire you

Help a novelist out: What's in director Willy Wyler's right-hand (his vantage) pocket?

I think I know but I'd like others' thoughts.

Image from www.themusichall.org/wp-content/u...

Scenes from the Arab American National Museum and Dearborn last weekend