Acknowledgments
If it takes a village to raise a child, then books and children have something in common.
My thanks to Helen Heller for believing Rahima should reach a younger audience and for, yet again, gracing the story with Rumi’s wisdom. My gratitude to Sarah Heller for your astute guidance, and for placing the manuscript in the nurturing hands of Rosemary Brosnan. Rosemary, you and your formidable team have humbled me with the enthusiasm you have for putting Obayda’s tale in the hands of the most important readers—children.
To those closest to me, thank you for the support, the confidence, the inspiration, the critique, and, sometimes, the material. Amin, Mom, Dad, Zoran, Zayla, Kyrus, and Cyra—you are my reasons for writing.
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About the Author
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NADIA HASHIMI was born and raised in New York and New Jersey. Both her parents were born in Afghanistan and left in the early 1970s, before the Soviet invasion. In 2002, Nadia made her first trip to Afghanistan with her parents. She is a pediatrician and lives with her family in the Washington, DC, suburbs. Visit her online at www.nadiahashimi.com.
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2016938972
ISBN 978-0-06-242190-6 (trade bdg.)
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