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" In 2003, as a 21-year-old convert to Islam, I moved from Colorado to Cairo to see what life was like in a Muslim country. "

G. Willow Wilson

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" I don't want to compare myself to somebody like Fitzgerald or Hemingway, but I feel like, for some writers, going to a certain city, a certain place, is what kickstarts your imaginative process. "

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" 'Habibi' is a complex and unapologetic work of fantasy - no idle undertaking for readers of any faith or no faith at all, but one well worth the trouble. "

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" An ambitious, surreal tale of the love between a young Arab girl sold into marriage and the orphan boy she adopts, 'Habibi' spans multiple eras of conflict and change, stretching the lifetimes of its two protagonists over many centuries. "

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" I think lot of Muslims have gotten fatigued by the way Muslim characters, even 'positive' ones, are portrayed in the media. "

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" I don't know that Islam has ever been a subject of anything that I've written. I think Muslims have often been, but those are two very different things. "

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" I tend to deal with characters who are sort of at that same point of wrestling with, 'Who am I going to be as an adult? What do I believe? How am I defining myself in the context of my culture and my peer groups, my family?' "

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" Choosing a spouse with religion in mind is not always a mistake, especially if your heritage and your faith are important parts of who you are. The trick is, as always, to recognize a good thing when you see it - and never mistake the bad for something more. "

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" Sometimes, by using the most over-the-top, ridiculous plot device you can imagine, you get some interesting little conflicts and cool things that you might not otherwise have a chance to explore. "

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" To me, writing an ongoing series feels like driving a freight train downhill. All you can do is steer and pray. "

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" I was born in New Jersey and lived there until I was about 10, so Jersey is in my roots. "

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" I write about real life as it is lived by the young American Muslim women that I've had the pleasure of meeting throughout the course of my travels as a writer and being able to speak in different places and meet different people at signings and things. "

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" A lot of my writer friends - some of whom are brilliant - work when the Muse calls them, for lack of a better description. You know, days of nothing, then this creative burst where they write for 36 hours straight fueled by caffeine and idealism. "

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" 'Lost' makes a lot of sense to me, philosophically. "

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" For me, insomnia was something ordinary, and it came and went for ordinary reasons. "

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" Superheroes don't often get their powers in one fell swoop. It's like superhero puberty. "

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" 'Air' is very placeless - it's set in many different countries, and much of the story is about going places rather than being places. 'Air' is about travelers, and I'm a chronic traveler. "

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" The Qur'an is in many ways far less concrete than the Bible, relying on the esoteric more often than the apparent. "

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" I didn't believe in spiritual homelands, and found God as readily in a strip mall as in a mosque. "

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" The great thing about Cairo is the vast majority of women wear some kind of head scarf, but they are also very fashion-conscious. They love bright colors. "

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" People love to talk about new and different. They don't always love to buy and read new and different. "

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