Nayra and the Djinn Western on the edges of great

on the edges of great lack and great abundance

from which the dance style known as voguing arose

seeks to permanently separate her from their eight-year old child

By: Kathleen Gros

Here are delightful upendings of genre cliches

Nayra and the Djinn Western on the edges of greatBy: Iasmin Omar Ata In this coming of age graphic novel with a fantastical twist, Nayra Mansour, a Muslim American girl attending a New England boarding school, is helped on her journey to selfhood by a djinn (genie). Nayra Mansour feels anything but at home in her New England boarding school. There's the constant pressure from her strict family, cruel bullying from her classmates, and exhausting friendship demands from Rami, the only other Muslim