When my debut novel, Dust Settles North , first went up on Goodreads, one comment stood out to me: “Really really hoping the Muslim rep is good.”

That comment didn’t sit well in my mind. What is “good” Muslim representation? And does my idea of “good” representation match the commenter’s?

My novel follows two Egyptian American adult siblings, raised Muslim by immigrant parents. As a Muslim American myself, I know that our identities can be complicated, and most people in America have no conception of Muslims outside of TV, film, and racist propaganda in the news.

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Since 9/11, we’ve been depicted as terrorists, the image perpetuated by shows like 24 and Homeland . Then there are the Muslims depicted a

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