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Bushra Rehman
Muslim-American writer
Bushra Rehman is a Pakistani-American novelist best known for her Lambda Literary Award-nominated[1] novel Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion and short story Corona.[2]
Early life
A follower of Islam, Rehman grew up in Corona,[3]Queens close to one of the first Sunnimasjids in NYC.[2] She says the first book that made an impact on her is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.[4]
She originally began her writing career as a poet and has worked as a poetry teacher.[3]
Rehman identifies as queer.[3]
Selected works
In 2002, Rehma co-created the anthology Colonize This!
Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism with Daisy Hernández, as a response to the hate crimes against people of color she and her co-creator witnessed in NYC post 9/11.[5]
Rehman's novel Roses in the Mouth, is loosely based on her own experience growing up in Corona, Queens in the 1980s and learning more