The Director tells Layla that “People want to be happy in their ignorance… Give them an Other to hate, and they will do what they are told” (p.328). What role does the intersection between race and faith play in the treatment of the internees? How does this intersection, and other differences in experience and culture, factor into the privilege afforded different characters?Ĩ. Layla observes of Suraya: “This year must have been so much harder for her, someone so visibly Muslim. How do the minders treat the other internees? What motivates the minders’ actions?ħ. How do characters indicate their allegiances throughout the book? Are words or actions a stronger indicator of someone’s true purpose?Ħ. Ayesha claims Jake used the phrase “Insha’Allah” as “a shibboleth… a word you can use to distinguish who’s on your side and who isn’t” (p.163). How does life at Mobius attempt to mirror “normal” life? How do the internees attempt to hold onto normalcy and how is that different than the “normalcy” the Director tries to create?ĥ. You have to act.” How do Layla and other characters turn their faith into action?Ĥ. But you can’t simply pray for what you want. Layla remembers her nanni telling her that “Praying is important. How does Layla’s reaction to her family’s internment differ from her parents’ reactions? Where do you think this divide stems from?ģ. How do these two poems speak to the power of the written and spoken word throughout Internment?Ģ. Layla’s father’s poetry opens the novel, both with its presence in the epigraph and in its citation at the Amins’ relocation. Ahmed deserves a spot on every book shelf in America.” - Kiersten White, New York Times Bestselling author of And I Darken and The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankensteinġ. “Internment is a visceral, essential book, both horrifying and hopeful. For all collections.” -School Library Journal, starred review
Internment urges us to speak up and speak out, to ask questions and demand answers, and when those answers prove unsatisfactory, to resist.” - Stacey Lee, award-winning author of Outrun the Moon “By the end of the first two pages of this title the reader will be breathless with the anticipation and excitement of what’s to come.” -S chool Library Connection, starred review
“An unsettling and important book for our times.” - Publishers Weekly, starred review
“…a poignant, necessary story that paints a very real, very frank picture of hatred and ignorance, while also giving readers and marginalized individuals hope.” -Booklist, starred review “Taking on Islamophobia and racism in a Trump-like America, Ahmed’s magnetic, gripping narrative written in a deeply humane and authentic tone, is attentive to the richness and complexity of the social ills at the heart of the book.” - Kirkus, starred review
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