Sarah Hoenicke writes about books and authors (and other interests) for various publications and is working on her first novel, about a young girl finding her way out of religion. You can find her most recent work in Gulf Coast, Brooklyn Magazine, BUST.com, BOMB, and Guernica, and less recent pieces in many other publications. For her detailed portfolio, click here.
Narratives like this one complicate and humanize America’s simplistic view of Arab cultures, toppling the flimsy idea that Arab people are intractably Other.