Can you tell me why you think it's important to have Muslim characters with flaws? That really resonated with me personally because we're not perfect humans (lol!) and sometimes book reviewers will point that out. I love that she's not the "perfect Muslim" and actually didn't really want to go to Umra at first, and even when she did, she didn’t really enjoy it at first. So, thank you YouTubers!ĪK: I love the many layers in the book the struggles Zeynab faces in college: trying to do it all as a college student but also facing microaggressions and struggles in her love life. Watching such precious, personal vlogs revived the feelings of awe I felt during my own visits in years past and, I feel, contributed to infusing Love from Mecca to Medina with vivid emotional and visual descriptions. I didn’t want to get things wrong so I verified and cross-referenced my memories with current video evidence from other pilgrims. This visual research was especially important to make notes on more recent developments at the holy sites. But I have a trove of cumulative memories from having visited periodically over the years since I was a child I relied on these while writing, as well as the efforts of kind people who recorded their trips and uploaded them onto YouTube. SK Ali: Actually, my most recent trip to Mecca and Medina was a while back in 2015. If I'm not mistaken, I believe you also went recently? Were you writing the novel at the same time? How was your experience there while writing it, or writing it after you came back. That was a hard feat!ĪK: I personally have been to Mecca and Medina twice, and I love all of the descriptions in the book. Ali: Walaikummusalam! Excited to be back at ! Brewing this book took a year but the writing itself took a few months, with two intense months of marathon writing (see below why this is my process!) The challenges were juggling the expectations of writing a romance in which the couple were already in love at the start of the book, as well as the sacred nature of their journey. First thing's first, can you tell us how long it took for you to write it and any challenges along the way?
I just finished reading Love from Mecca to Medina and I needed a few days to process it all! Wow, what an amazing book. Ali! I am so excited to be interviewing you again for.
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