5/22/2023 0 Comments The henna wars authorAmidst sabotage and school stress, their lives get more tangled-but Nishat can’t quite get rid of her crush on Flávia, and realizes there might be more to her than she realized.Ī portrait of coming out in a Muslim family, The Henna Wars explores the ways that our culture defines who we are-and the ways it can’t define us. But when a school competition invites students to create their own businesses, both Flávia and Nishat choose to do henna, even though Flávia is appropriating Nishat’s culture. And her life only gets harder once a childhood friend walks back into her life.įlávia is beautiful and charismatic and Nishat falls for her instantly. Nishat doesn’t want to hide who she is, but she also doesn’t want to lose her relationship with her family. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this rom com about two teen girls with rival henna businesses.When Nishat comes out to her parents, they say she can be anyone she wants-as long as she isn’t herself. My content rating: YA (Nothing more than kissing Some bullying and a character being outed) Published by Page Street Kids on May 12, 2020
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