Nishat and Flávia are students of an all-girls Catholic secondary school in Dublin, Ireland. Will Nishat keep her sexuality a secret for her family’s sake or will she be brave enough to take a chance on love and open her heart to Flávia? The Characters Nishat and Flávia have become rivals because they want to prove who is the best henna artist but they can’t deny the fact that they are drawn to each other. Unfortunately, their mutual attraction is put on hold when a school competition invites students to create their own businesses because both Nishat and Flávia have declared themselves as henna artists. Nishat loves her family dearly but she can’t stay in the closet for the rest of her life just to please her parents and things get really complicated when her childhood friend, Flávia comes back into her life.įlávia is gorgeous and outgoing-she is the girl of Nishat’s dreams. In her parents’ eyes she can be a good Muslim girl or a lesbian but she can’t be both because those two things just don’t go together.
She has a choice to make-she can be true to herself or lose her family.
Nishat didn’t expect her parents to jump for joy when she came out but she wasn’t expecting them to ask her to be someone other than herself.
The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar is one of the best young-adult stories that I’ve read this year! This story highlights how important cultural acceptance and strong family ties are to teenagers who are trying to come to terms with their sexuality.
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