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Zaina Arafat is an LGBTQ Arab-American writer. Her debut novel You Exist Too Much won a 2021 Lambda Literary Award and was named Roxane Gay's favourite book of 2020. Arafat's stories and essays have appeared in publications such as The New Yorker, The New York Times, Granta, Harper's Bazaar and VICE. In recognition of her work, she was awarded the Arab Women/Migrants from the Middle East fellowship at Jack Jones Literary Arts and named a Champion of Pride by The Advocate. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. |