SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION<\/b><\/p>\n
‘A NEW NAME TO WATCH OUT FOR’ THE TIMES<\/i>
\n‘THE DEBUT OF THE YEAR’ STYLIST
\n<\/i>‘ELECTRIC’ GUARDIAN<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
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‘By normal, you mean like you? A slag with a saviour complex?’<\/i><\/p>\n
Nadia is an academic who’s been disowned by her puritanical mother and dumped by her lover, Rosy. She decides to make a getaway, accepting a UN job in Iraq. Tasked with rehabilitating ISIS women, Nadia becomes mired in the opaque world of international aid, surrounded by bumbling colleagues.<\/p>\n
Sara is a precocious and sweary East Londoner who joined ISIS at just fifteen.<\/p>\n
Nadia is struck by how similar they are: both feisty and opinionated, from a Muslim background, with a shared love of Dairy Milk and rude pick-up lines. A powerful friendship forms between the two women, until a secret confession from Sara threatens everything Nadia has been working for.<\/p>\n
‘Funny, gripping and compassionate’ DOLLY ALDERTON<\/b>
\n‘Not only hysterically funny but trenchant and necessary. I loved it’ INDIA KNIGHT<\/b>
\n‘A raunchy, irreverent, touching and daring debut’ PARINI SHROFF<\/b>
\n‘Essential reading’ JONATHAN COE<\/b>
\n‘A breath of fresh air’ MARIAN KEYES<\/b>
\n‘Original, funny and fearless’ NINA STIBBE<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PRE ORDER A SIGNED COPY – PUBLISHES 12TH FEBRUARY 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n When academic Nadia is disowned by her puritanical mother and dumped by her lover, she decides to make a getaway – accepting a UN job in Iraq. Tasked with rehabilitating ISIS women, Nadia becomes mired in the opaque world of international aid, surrounded by bumbling colleagues. But then Nadia meets Sara, a precocious and sweary East Londoner who joined ISIS at just 15, and she is struck by how similar their stories are. Both from a Muslim background, both feisty and opinionated, with a shared love of Dairy Milk and rude pick-up lines, Sara and Nadia immediately connect and a powerful friendship forms. When Sara confesses a secret, Nadia is forced to make a difficult choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[216,26102,16450],"product_tag":[26896,26831,284,26830,26897],"class_list":{"0":"post-113053","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-fiction-hardback","6":"product_cat-signed-and-special-editions","7":"product_cat-website-home-page-carousel","8":"product_tag-fiction-general-literary","9":"product_tag-humorous-fiction","10":"product_tag-humour","11":"product_tag-modern-contemporary-fiction","12":"product_tag-satirical-fiction-parodies","13":"pa_book_author-younis-nussaibah","14":"pa_cover-paperback","15":"pa_dewey-823-92-edition23","16":"pa_edition-1st-paperback-ed","17":"pa_imprint-weidenfeld-nicolson","18":"pa_language-english","19":"pa_pages-8500","20":"pa_publisher-weidenfeld-nicolson","21":"pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","23":"first","24":"instock","25":"sale","26":"sold-individually","27":"taxable","28":"shipping-taxable","29":"purchasable","30":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n