Episode 12: Omar Mouallem

Omar Mouallem on Crafting Historical Travelogue Memoir "Praying to the West"

Omar Mouallem wrote the historical travel memoir Praying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas. However, he struggled to tackle that subject matter without finding a new relationship with the religion he'd grown up with and apart from. Omar dives into the whole book writing process, from getting his start as a ghostwriter to how he landed his book deal, how he found extra funding to cover the many trips he had to take around the world, and the editing process with Simon & Schuster.

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