Jinn in the Family
Jinn in the Family
Jinn in the Family
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Jinn in the Family
When a Western-trained psychologist returns to Zanzibar, the stories he once dismissed as superstition rise up to meet him-alive, layered, and rooted in blood.
Raised in Canada and shaped by science, he believed identity was a matter of will. But in the heat and hush of his ancestral island, whispers of jinn and witches begin to unearth a deeper truth; one carved by exile, memory, and spirits that do not forget.
Told in two intertwined timelines, "modernity" and "antiquity", Jinn in the Family blends poetic fiction with cultural myth, weaving Arab, African, and Indian lineages into a haunting tapestry of inheritance. This novel asks what is lost when diasporic people abandon identity and the unseen, and what might be reclaimed when we finally listen to what was never gone.
More than folklore. More than horror. This is the story of what lives in the quiet, and what refuses to die.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"The stories are so vivid that you feel like you, yourself, are a jinn watching the history unfold. This book is like a great meal, savour it."
Anthony Q. Farrell
Award-Winning Television Writer (The Office, Little Mosque)
"4.75 out of 5 Stars
I found myself utterly mesmerized by each story, intrigued and bewitched, fascinated by Zanzibar's complex history and the author's family fables. "
Zainab Bint Younus
Muslim Book Reviews
"A bold and necessary healing potion... a book that doesn't just tell stories-it resurrects and synergizes them with purpose."
Dr. Ardavan Eizadirad
Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University
Co-Editor of The Power of Oral Culture in Education: Theorizing Proverbs, Idioms, and Folklore Tales (2023)
"At a time of deep intercultural fracture, this book builds bridges. It doesn't just entertain; it transforms."
Terry Macleod
Former CBC Radio Journalist & Host across Canada, Actor, Social Worker.
"The seamless blend of ancestral wisdom and courage invites you to believe in yourself, in your own intuition, and in the rhythms of your own lineage."
Somia Sadiq
Founder of Narratives and Kahanee, Author of Gajarah.
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