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This introspective tale charts the bumpy journey of a young Muslim woman navigating faith and feminism. Aspiring documentary-maker Dunya Dawood had exciting plans for her career, until she fell in love. Pregnant and on a flight to New York a decade later, she is upgraded to business class and separated from her husband and son. Away, for once, from her life of domesticity in the Middle East, she reflects on the choices and relationships that led her down a trajectory she never meant to take. When a shocking discovery sends her into labour mid-air, Dunya is forced to make the most difficult decision of all. How do you manage the precarious balance between culture, faith, ambition, family obligations and feminism? And what happens when you hit a little turbulence?

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""A gorgeous and tender novel about the struggle to restore one's dignity without having to throw off faith and family and everything that one holds dear."" - Laury Silvers, author of Some Justice: A Ghazi Ammar Medieval Mystery ""Hafsa Lodi deftly navigates complex issues such as faith, patriarchy and motherhood with insight and candour. Turbulence is at once illuminating, engrossing and thought-provoking."" - Sonia Velton, author of The Image of Her

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Hafsa Lodi is an award-winning American-Muslim journalist who has been covering fashion and culture for more than a decade. She has a BA in journalism from Ryerson University (Toronto) and an MA in Islamic law from SOAS, University of London. She worked as online fashion editor for Boutique 1, stylist and writer for The National newspaper in Abu Dhabi and culture editor for luxury women's magazine, MOJEH, before joining Vogue Arabia as features editor. Hafsa writes frequently about the intersection of faith, fashion and feminism. She has spoken at Bradford Literature Festival and Dubai Expo 2020, and moderated a panel to launch Nike's modest swimwear line with trailblazing female Arab athletes in the UAE. She has also guest lectured fashion students about the rising focus on modesty in retail.Her debut non-fiction book Modesty: A Fashion Paradox launched at the 2020 Emirates Airline Festival of Literature. It explores the causes, controversies and key players of the global modest fashion movement from cultural, religious, political and feminist lenses. Harper's Bazaar US called it ""a well-researched and tender portrait of the politics and people behind a movement.""

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