Another Q was about why many key characters in "A New Faith" are #women - because of two reasons: they face the brunt of oppression which gets worse because of #climatechange #poverty and they tend to be #progressive
https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith
#bookstodon #books #book #hopepunk #solarpunk #climate #detective #mystery #thriller #novel #fiction #migration

The Global Islamic Revival represents one of the most significant sociopolitical transformations of the past half-century. Muslims increasingly came to disavow secular or syncretic customs, instead studying scripture, abiding by the Quran, maintaining gender segregation and condemning deviation.
https://open.substack.com/pub/draliceevans/p/the-global-islamic-revival-key-graphs
A few negative characters in "A New Faith" are Muslim men and I was asked whether this was some form of bias on my part. It wasn't. It is how the world is and since I am writing speculative fiction based in the near future, I had to account for this reality. Likewise, the residents of Sequoia are all from poor countries.
https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith
#bookstodon #books #book #hopepunk #solarpunk #climate #detective #mystery #thriller #novel #fiction #migration

The Global Islamic Revival represents one of the most significant sociopolitical transformations of the past half-century. Muslims increasingly came to disavow secular or syncretic customs, instead studying scripture, abiding by the Quran, maintaining gender segregation and condemning deviation.