The Shaytan Bride

A powerful, non-linear literary memoir of a young Muslim woman’s experiences with navigating the diaspora, sexuality and gender identity, romance, racism, and feminism Will appeal to readers of A Good Wife by Samra Zafar, Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot and One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul The Shaytan Bride (“Satan’s Bride”) refers to a real woman who grew up in the author’s social circle in Bangladesh who others thought was either possessed by a jinni of ill disposition (tool of Satan) or in love with one; she was cast aside for her odd, reclusive behaviour, which started when the rural man she loved that others forbade disappeared A debut memoir from a Toronto-based writer, social worker, and communications strategist specializing in inclusion and anti-racism