Description: They said they could backbite her in public because she was "misbehaving in public." They said her mental illness was a "Western invention." They said all her problems were because she's an American convert who couldn't get her life together.
Brief description: Umm Zakiyyah is the bestselling author of the If I Should Speak trilogy, Muslim Girl, His Other Wife, and the self-help books The Abuse of Forgiveness and Reverencing the Wombs That Broke You, written for religious survivors of family abuse. Her novel His Other Wife is now a short film. She writes about the interfaith struggles of Muslims and Christians and the intercultural, spiritual, and moral struggles of Muslims in America. Her work has earned praise from writers, professors, and filmmakers and has been translated into multiple languages. To learn more about the author, visit uzauthor.com