Author: Seema Yasmin
Publisher: Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for You
Published: 09/29/2026
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.70w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781665953450
Audience: Ages 9-12
About the Author
Seema Yasmin is an Emmy Award-winning journalist who was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, medical doctor, professor, and poet. She attended medical school at Cambridge University and worked as a disease detective for the US federal government's Epidemic Intelligence Service. She currently teaches storytelling at Stanford University School of Medicine, and is a regular contributor to CNN, Self, and Scientific American, among others.
Noha Habaieb is a Tunisian French visual storyteller, working between Doha and Tunis. After studying comics in Belgium, she returned to Tunisia where she cofounded the Lab619, an award-winning comics collective. Noha took part in the evolution of Lab619's first comics magazine for adults by participating with her original comics and organizing artistic residencies themed around migration, identity, and borders. In 2017, she cofounded Koskh, an illustration studio based in Tunisia, which aims to promote Tunisian heritage through illustrations for children and adults. She's the illustrator of the Muslim Mavericks chapter book series written by Pulitzer Prize-nominated Dr. Seema Yasmin.
