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In The Singular Life of Aria Patel (Little, Brown, out now), Ahmed’s sixth YA novel ... examine the choices that societies make. In both Internment and Hollow Fires, two of my previous novels ...
It serves multiple essential purposes: Historical Awareness and Recognition Internment starkly illustrates systemic injustice and racism faced historically by AAPI communities. Remembering such ...
Set “15 minutes into the future,” ‘Internment’ by Samira Ahmed follows 17-year-old Layla Amin and her family after they are systematically stripped of their rights and forced into an ...
Once Congress passed a law making violation of Executive Order 9066 a misdemeanor, however, DeWitt took action and began forced internment. Within six months of signing the order, 122,000 men ...
Author Samira Ahmed’s latest young-adult novel ... and it tackle topics like bullying and discrimination. In Ahmed’s “Internment,” the Muslim ban has been enacted and people are interned because of ...
Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., implied that her past suggestion former President Trump would open internment camps for political prisoners "really wasn’t a joke." Although she did not mention ...
reading “This Book Won’t Burn” by Samira Ahmed was a timely experience. The plot not only directly discusses book bans but should be read by every student regardless of age. From the New York Times ...
The New Mexico-based Japanese curator’s interest in the afterlife of internment in art germinated when she moved to Santa Fe, one of many Southwestern sites of former camps, coming to fruition ...