Deena ElGenaidi

@deenaelg.bsky.social

debut novel DUST SETTLES NORTH out 2025 pre-order: https://bookshop.org/p/books/dust-settles-north-deena-elgenaidi/21660445 words in vulture, nylon, salon, catapult, insider, longreads, & more deenaelgenaidi.com & free palestine 🇵🇸

“A lot of religious communities have these rules... & want to project this image to the world that they’re following them while they have this whole secret life where they’re doing things that don’t align with the religion.” — @deenaelg.bsky.social jeannakadlec.substack.com/p/rule-break...

rule-breaking while muslim: deena elgenaidi in conversation with jeanna kadlec

deena's debut DUST SETTLES NORTH is out today

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I don’t post on here very often, mostly because I forget bluesky even exists, but my debut novel is coming out on Tuesday! If you’re in NYC, come to my book launch on Sep 30th at 7pm. And if you’re not, it would mean so much to me if you could preorder a copy 💙 www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

Book Launch at Umbra: Deena ElGenaidi - Dust Settles North

Book launch of Dust Settles North by Deena ElGenaidi, at Umbra in Bushwick. Deena will be joined in conversation by Zaina Arafat.

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if the united states ever has even a hope of recovering we have to destroy the idea of american individualism. "they don't owe you anything" we owe each other everything actually

if we accept the conflation of property damage with violence, we surrender a valuable tool for making our displeasure known. destroying a car (for example...) is not equivalent to hurting a person, and don't let them pretend it is.

current read: Dust Settles North by @deenaelg.bsky.social This one releases Sept 2025 with Bindery & Boundless Press. It's one of those books you really can't put down. It's genuinely getting in the way of my work day, I need to know what happens next to these disaster siblings

book cover for Dust Settles North a novel by Deena ElGenaidi.
The cover features a woman's side profile repeating over and over resembling hills. They are all different shades of pink and orange.

meant to post this a few days ago, but sometimes i forget bluesky exists… My book was included on @msmagazine.com’s list of Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2025! Thank you so much to @karlajstrand.com for including me amongst all these incredible authors! msmagazine.com/2025/01/21/a...

Reads for the Rest of Us: The Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2025 - Ms. Magazine

Reads for the Rest of Us: The Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2025—new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups.

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