Hidden Ordinary Tales Andaleeb Wajid Explores Young Lives Muslim Worlds

In a Maktoob interview, author Andaleeb Wajid discusses her latest novel Have You Met Me? her 52nd book which explores family, memory, and belonging through childhood summers in Vellore. With a career spanning over 50 novels across genres including young adult fiction and romance she emphasizes finding drama in ordinary lives particularly those of Muslim women and youth. Her work includes the award-winning The Henna Start-Up and memoir Learning to Make Tea for One about grief. Writing under the pen name Inaara Sheikh for self-published romance she challenges stereotypes about Muslim women focusing instead on authentic everyday stories.