The New Arab Meets: Egyptian-American author Aya Khalil, who writes stories that allow Muslim and Arab children to feel seen. This Arab American Heritage Month, she reflects on book banning, writing as resistance and reclaiming her power.
Aya Khalil is the author of a new book The Night Before Eid, a children’s book about an Egyptian Muslim family preparing cookies for an Eid celebration.
With her 3-year-old daughter sitting inside a red Target shopping cart, Aya Khalil looked through the aisles with anticipation. The author was on a mission: See for herself that her children’s book ab