Shaila Abdullah is an award-winning author of five books: Saffron Dreams, Beyond the Cayenne Wall, My Friend Suhana, Rani in Search of a Rainbow, and A Manual for Marco. The author has received several awards for her work including the Golden Quill Award, Norumbega Jury Prize for Outstanding Fiction, Patras Bukhari Award for English Language, Reader Views Award, Written Art Award, and a grant 4/5. Saffron Dreams is anovel about our ever evolving identities and the events and placesthat shape them. It reminds us that in the midst of tragedy, ourdreams can become a lasting legacy. About the Author Noted as "Word Artist" by critics, Shaila Abdullah is an award-winning author and designer based in 4/5(49). Saffron Dreams by Shaila Abdullah is an emotional journey. Arissa Illahi is unexpectedly widowed in the wake of the 9/11 tragedy, while pregnant with her first child. From her Muslim beliefs, Pakistani heritage, and her new role as single mother, she is just trying to "fit in" as a modern American Woman.4/5(49).
Saffron Dreams by Shaila M. Abdullah. NONFICTION Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work by Paul Babiak, Robert D. Hare Outwitting the Gestapo by Lucie Aubrac The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage by Clifford Stoll. Shaila Abdullah's Saffron Dreams is both. It was comforting, it was funny, it was spicy; and then heartbreaking, full of despair, filled with hope, amazingly fresh and vibrant and satisfying. Following Arissa's story makes the reader realize how little most of us know and understand the world of Muslims, and how incredibly wrong so many of. The second novel from Pakistani-American author Shaila M. Abdullah, Saffron Dreams () is the story of a woman whose life is profoundly shaken after her husband's tragic death in the World Trade Center attacks of 9/ As she tries to let go of her anger and grief, become a mother to a child with special needs, and learn how to hold on to her Muslim traditions in the face of newfound.
Shaila Abdullah's "Saffron Dreams" is a moving, sensitive and eye-opening novel about Arissa Ilahi, a young Pakistani woman living in New York City, who loses her husband in the Septem terrorist attack on the World Trade Towers. The second novel from Pakistani-American author Shaila M. Abdullah, Saffron Dreams () is the story of a woman whose life is profoundly shaken after her husband’s tragic death in the World Trade Center attacks of 9/ As she tries to let go of her anger and grief, become a mother to a child with special needs, and learn how to hold on to her Muslim traditions in the face of newfound hostility, the novel’s protagonist demonstrates the small ups and downs of real, lived-in experience. Shaila Abdullah is the author of five books, Saffron Dreams, Beyond the Cayenne Wall and three children’s books My Friend Suhana, Rani in Search of a Rainbow, and A Manual for Marco. Abdullah has received many awards for her work including the Patras Bukhari Award for English Language, the Golden Quill Award, Dolly Gray Children’s Literature Award, and the Norumbega Jury Prize for Outstanding Fiction.
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