Deena ElGenaidi

One week from tonight, join us on Thursday, January 15th 7:30pm as we welcome Jaquira Diaz, @deenaelg.bsky.social , Melissa Lozada-Oliva, and @jenpercy.bsky.social to the Pete's stage! 🔥 With your hosts @temim.bsky.social & @briangresko.bsky.social and books from @greenlightbklyn.bsky.social !

A Story of Family's Grief Set Against Political Upheaval in Egypt - Electric Literature In Deena ElGenaidi's "Dust Settles North," characters witness the crumbling of government and family systems

Ditmas Lit is tonight! Read an interview with @deenaelg.bsky.social in @electricliterature.com about her novel Dust Settles North electricliterature.com/a-story-of-f...

Ditmas Lit is Wed. 11/19! We’re excited to welcome readers @leahumansky.bsky.social, Laura Venita Green, @deenaelg.bsky.social, and Eve M. Kahn. RSVP at www.urbanebrooklyn.com/event-detail...

What Is 'Good' Muslim Representation in Fiction? And Who Gets to Decide? (Exclusive) "As a Muslim American myself, I know that our identities can be complicated," writes author Deena ElGenaidi, whose new book 'Dust Settles North' features Egyptian American characters

For People Magazine, I wrote about what makes for “good” representation and the often complicated nature of Muslim identity

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Dust Settles North

listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/1ky...

thank you to @largeheartedboy.bsky.social for letting me make a playlist for my debut novel, Dust Settles North!

Episode 16 | Find A Lovely Book with Deena ElGenaidi Podcast Episode · Find a Lovely Life: A Self-Love Journey Podcast · 10/03/2025 · 41m

So if you're looking for a new book to read this fall, check out our conversation and read @deenaelg.bsky.social Deena's debut! #booksky #podcast

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Find A Lovely Book with Deena ElGenaidi #books #authors #podcast YouTube video by Find A Lovely Life

I got to interview my lovely client @deenaelg.bsky.social about her writing process, our submission journey, and what we love about this book. We even talk about how Zain and Hannah navigate #selflove on their own journeys. #booksky #podcast

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Episode 16 | Find A Lovely Book with Deena ElGenaidi Spotify video

We're celebrating the launch of DUST SETTLES NORTH by @deenaelg.bsky.social on the podcast! A beautiful debut about two siblings navigating their mother's grief between two worlds: Egypt and the United States. #booksky #podcast

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A Story of Family's Grief Set Against Political Upheaval in Egypt - Electric Literature In Deena ElGenaidi's "Dust Settles North," characters witness the crumbling of government and family systems

“Almost immediately the grief breaks down those rules, and you see the systems starting to crumble.”

rule-breaking while muslim: deena elgenaidi in conversation with jeanna kadlec deena's debut DUST SETTLES NORTH is out today

“A lot of religious communities have these rules... & want to project this image to the world that they’re following them while they have this whole secret life where they’re doing things that don’t align with the religion.” — @deenaelg.bsky.social

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A Story of Family's Grief Set Against Political Upheaval in Egypt - Electric Literature In Deena ElGenaidi's "Dust Settles North," characters witness the crumbling of government and family systems

Deena ElGenaidi (@deenaelg.bsky.social) and Apoorva Bradshaw-Mittal speak on Egyptian politics, grief as plot, and intentionally othering the English language.

rule-breaking while muslim: deena elgenaidi in conversation with jeanna kadlec deena's debut DUST SETTLES NORTH is out today

i loved getting to talk to my friend (and writers’ group member) @deenaelg.bsky.social about being culturally, but not religiously, muslim, and how that informed her debut novel DUST SETTLES NORTH, out today wherever books are sold!

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Happy pub day @deenaelg.bsky.social! 🩷🧡

#booksky #newreleasetuesday

Happy #bookbirthday to @deenaelg.bsky.social's debut, DUST SETTLES NORTH! If you're looking for a heartfelt story about two siblings navigating grief, this one is for you! 🩷 🧡

@binderybooks.bsky.social @loveleemonicaa.bsky.social #booksky

Counting down to 9/30 🥳
@deenaelg.bsky.social

Dust Settles North Check out Dust Settles North - <p><strong>It's 2012, and post-revolution Egypt is sparking with political energy--but Hannah and Zain are numb.</strong></p> <p>The flight from New York to Cairo is lon...

Here’s the preorder link: bookshop.org/p/books/dust...

I don’t post on here very often, mostly because I forget bluesky even exists, but my debut novel is coming out on Tuesday! If you’re in NYC, come to my book launch on Sep 30th at 7pm. And if you’re not, it would mean so much to me if you could preorder a copy 💙
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A week from today, @deenaelg.bsky.social’s debut will be out in the world. I cannot wait for everyone to see how special this book is. 🥲 #debut #booksky

Preorder now: bookshop.org/p/books/dust...

Dust Settles North Check out Dust Settles North - <p><strong>It's 2012, and post-revolution Egypt is sparking with political energy--but Hannah and Zain are numb.</strong></p> <p>The flight from New York to Cairo is lon...

My debut novel (literary fiction) comes out September 30!

bookshop.org/p/books/dust...

Thank you!!!

For @electricliterature.com I interviewed author Hala Alyan about her new memoir, I’ll Tell You When I’m Home

if the united states ever has even a hope of recovering we have to destroy the idea of american individualism. "they don't owe you anything" we owe each other everything actually

I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky

Why would anyone who can avoid it come to the US now? Heartbreaking. Pointless. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

if we accept the conflation of property damage with violence, we surrender a valuable tool for making our displeasure known. destroying a car (for example...) is not equivalent to hurting a person, and don't let them pretend it is.

book cover for Dust Settles North a novel by Deena ElGenaidi. The cover features a woman's side profile repeating over and over resembling hills. They are all different shades of pink and orange.

current read: Dust Settles North by @deenaelg.bsky.social
This one releases Sept 2025 with Bindery & Boundless Press.

It's one of those books you really can't put down. It's genuinely getting in the way of my work day, I need to know what happens next to these disaster siblings

thank you!! I’m so glad you’re liking it!

@ kendrick lamar do one about schumer

i’ve BEEN saying this

re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens