RehmasMama

@gayrodcon @riverheadbooks @juliebarer @lpp @jynnnne Incredible news!! Many congrats!

After 7 yrs, many drafts, & amazing support, I'm thrilled to announce my first novel, inspired by The Scarlet Letter, 18th-century language, love's mysteries, & so much research! I can't wait for you to meet these families &, I hope, to discover how their past shapes our present.

The hijab is a piece of cloth. Does it matter if a Muslim woman wears the hijab or doesn’t? My tumultuous journey as I explore this question for myself is encapsulated in an essay published in @solsticelitmag's Spring edition. solsticelitmag.org/content/a-piec…

An uncontroversial measure with wide public support and clear benefits for families who have lost children is shot down with zero accountability bostonglobe.com/2022/07/19/met…

As National Donate Life Month draws to a close, please consider signing up to be an organ donor and let your family know of your wishes @NHSOrganDonor @DonateLifeToday @DonateLife #OrganDonation

"If this was the end, I wanted her final breaths to be in my arms.. I couldn’t have any of that if I said yes to organ donation. I wanted to be grossly selfish, even at someone else’s expense." Thanks @noahmichelson for sharing my #OrganDonation story bit.ly/3MFBrV0

An Act to Promote Public Safety and Certainty Related to Child Deaths passed the MA House as an amendment to the budget and is headed to the Senate. Thanks to @MarjorieDecker @CindyFriedmanMA @RepMichlewitz @RonMariano for your dedication to child advocacy.

Our radio interview on BPR today emphasizes the importance of legislation that would increase medical examiner oversight in the case of child deaths wgbh.org/news/local-new…

My op-ed in today’s Boston Globe on the systemic failures that thwarted justice for Rehma, and advocating for a legislative step to address one of the loopholes bostonglobe.com/2022/04/20/opi…