On this page, you can find out more about the guests who have been on the podcast, links to the episodes they were on and where you can read and hear more from them. They are listed in order of their first appearance on the podcast.

Click a name to go directly to their profile below.

• Assia
• Houda
• Zakia
• Sina
• Sofina
• Safiya
• Ameen

• Aeesha
• Alia
• Fousia
• Nour
• Leïla
• Noor

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Assia​
​I am a French-Algerian reader based in France. I am a book reviewer and bookstagrammer with a focus on Arab, African, and Indigenous literature. I read both Francophone & Anglophone literature.

To find Assia online
Instagram: @shereadsox
Blog: What Assia Reads

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Guest appearances on Book Nomad

• Ep 11. Pakistan: The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
• Ep. 23. Algeria: Au Café by Mohammed Dib (Part 1/2)
• Ep. 24. Algeria: Au Café by Mohammed Dib (Part 2/2)
• Ep. 32. Reading Far Away Lands (Theme: Books from countries we know little about)
• Ep. 35. Nigeria: Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Ep. 41. Are You What They Say You Are? (Focus: France/Algeria: Zahia Rahmani's trilogy)
• Ep. 44. When the Reading Gets Tough, Should the Tough Keep Reading? (Theme: Upsetting Reads)

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Houda
Profile coming soon, in sha Allah.

Guest appearances on Book Nomad

• Ep. 12. Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan: The Dead Lake by Hamid Ismailov
• Book suggestion for Ep. 41. Are You What They Say You Are? (Focus: France/Algeria: Zahia Rahmani's trilogy)​

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Zakia
My favourite form of escape is hiking outdoors. But for places inaccessible or historic, the next best thing is to experience them through fiction.

Books that left an impression

• Lord of the Flies by William Golding
• Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernières
  

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Guest appearances on Book Nomad

• Ep. 26. Morocco/USA: The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami

To find Zakia online
Facebook: Zakia Bassou

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Sina
Profile coming soon, in sha Allah.

Guest appearances on Book Nomad

• Ep. 28. France/Brazil: Le Petit Prince + The Alchemist by Antoine de St-Exupéry + Paulo Coelho

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Sofina
Profile coming soon, in sha Allah.

Guest appearances on Book Nomad

• Ep. 29. Malaysia: The Weight of our Sky by Hanna Alkaf

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Safiya
I am a book reviewer with a passion for writing based in Scotland. I'm drawn to books with themes of identity, home and migration while I write speculative fiction. ​

Books that left an impression

• Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
  
• Superior: The Return of Race Science by Angela Saini 
  
• Minaret by Leila Aboulela

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Guest appearances on Book Nomad​

• ​Ep. 30. Canada: Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
• Ep. 37. Egypt/Persia: The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
• Ep. 42. Do Light Reads Carry Any Weight? (Theme: Light Reads)
• Ep. 43. What Does Memory Have to do with Justice? (Focus: Palestine: A Map of Absence ed. by Atef Alshaer)
• Ep. 45: What Can We Learn from a Family Tree? (Theme: Reading Multigenerational Sagas)

To find Safiya online
Instagram: @safiyareads
Blog: Safiya Reads

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Ameen
I am the host of the Mind Heist Podcast and founder of Seera Masters.

Books that left an impression

• The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven R. Covey
• Traction by Gino Wickman

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Guest appearances on Book Nomad

• Ep. 33. USA: The Autobiography of Malcolm X as Narrated to Alex Haley

​To find Ameen online
Mind Heist podcast 
Seera Masters

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Aeesha
I am a Biochemist and Book reviewer, with a focus on African and Muslim literature. Most of my works can be found on my Bookstagram page @thatothernigeriangirl, as well as on digital platforms like ReWrite London, Hikaayat Magazine, Amaliah and The New Arab.

Books that left an impression

• The Moor’s Account by Laila Lalami
• The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta
• Kintu by Jennifer Makumbi

Guest appearances on Book Nomad

• Ep. 35. Nigeria: Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Book suggestion for ​Ep. 42. Do Light Reads Carry Any Weight? (Theme: Light Reads)

To find Aeesha online
Instagram: @thatothernigeriangirl
Twitter: @allthingsaeesha

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Nour
I'm an Algerian girl in her twenties studying Pharmacy. I have a Bookstagram page where I share my book reviews but more importantly to interact with readers and find the books I want to read but never knew existed.

Books that left an impression

• Orientalism by Edward Said
  
• Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
• The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon

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Guest appearances on Book Nomad

• Ep. 41. Are You What They Say You Are? (Focus: France/Algeria: Zahia Rahmani's trilogy)
  

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​To find Nour online
Instagram: @nourstuckinabookstore

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Leila
I am a International Relations graduate based in Spain that loves reading books from all around the world (especially through non-fiction and memoirs)

Books that left an impression

• Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
• When We Were Arabs by Massoud Hayoun
• The Good Women of China by Xinran Xue

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Guest appearances on Book Nomad

• Ep. 44: When the Reading gets Tough, Should the Tough Keep Reading? (Theme: Upsetting Reads)

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​To find Leila online
Instagram: @lailaleebooks