Ausma Zehanat Khan on Oppression, Rage, and Crafting a Palestinian Detective

Ausma Zehanat Khan on Oppression, Rage, and Crafting a Palestinian Detective

International human rights lawyer and author Khan considers the many layers of her character's anger and driven morality

By Ausma Zehanat Khan | December 20, 2023

A Moment of Racial Reckoning in Crime Fiction

A Moment of Racial Reckoning in Crime Fiction

Ausma Zehanat Khan on the need to deglamorize policing in the age of Black Lives Matter.

By Ausma Zehanat Khan | November 11, 2022

Fighting Injustice with Fiction

Fighting Injustice with Fiction

The Activism of Ausma Zehanat Khan, On and Off the Page

By Ausma Zehanat Khan | March 7, 2018

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