With her dad a Pakistani and her mother white Christian, Karen thinks she's not proper
white and doesn't quite fit in... anywhere. So she's made a choice: she's switching sides.
She's going to convert to Islam to try to find her true identity.
But Shamshad, her Hijab wearing school mate, isn't making things easy for her. Is
Shamshad really any more proper than her? Trouble and turmoil await, as school battles
are replaced by family troubles, name- calling turns into physical fights and secrets are
unveiled.
Tariq Mehmood is a prize-winning writer and film-maker. His books include Hand on the Sun While There Is Light and Song of Gulzarina. He co-directed the award-winning documentary Injustice. Tariq currently teaches at the American University of Beirut, in Lebanon and lives in Beirut and Manchester, UK.