Ami

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          3. My work in progress, Under Covers, was started before October 7th, 2023, before the current escalation in extreme violence facing Palestinians both in Occupied Palestine and globally. Under Covers, since its inception, featured a Canadian-Palestinian female main character who works as a spy for the Canadian government. It feels wrong for me to continue writing a story in which Rayna works for a government that is currently complicit in the oppression of her people through financial, material, and political support for Israeli forces. It also feels wrong of me to be writing about the Palestinian experience as a Palestinian-adjacent ally without actual lived experience as a Palestinian. The voices and stories of Palestinian writers and activists should be centered in the current moment, not the work of people like me. Finally, simply changing Rayna’s identity is also not possible — altering Rayna’s nationality would feel like an unconscionable act of erasure in a time of ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
          
          For these reasons, Under Covers will remain on hiatus. I am so sorry for the sadness and disappointment this has caused, but it feels like the only reasonable way forward right now.
          
          In better news, I WILL be returning to my writing with a new spin on an old project. I’m going to be dedicating time to publishing Smoke of Sighs both in an ebook and paperback version, with some fresh and improved content featuring the characters you know and love. More details to come.
          
          Thank you all for your love and patience with me. I’m always eternally grateful for the support this community has shown me, and I look forward to returning to you all again soon for more fun times ahead.
          
          xoxo Ami

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          Hi friends!
          
          I am SO SORRY for my prolonged absence. I miss you all so dearly and certainly owe you an explanation for my unexpected hiatus this past year.
          
          1. This has been the craziest, busiest year of med school and the honest truth is that I haven’t had any time or energy to spare
          
          2. Along with dealing with long hours working in the hospital, I’ve also had to contend, as many of us have, with the collective grief and helplessness that has resulted from current global events. As someone raised Muslim, I have many loved ones who are deeply and negatively affected by the ongoing humanitarian crisis and genocide in Palestine, which brings me to point number three —
          
          (See next post)

I made a playlist for Jake Morgan from Under Covers:
          
          https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4lnPWfgoHPzWlZ0QlRP6FQ?si=NZ6hJ0DTRoWLvCos7iwmaA

Anyone know if she is planning on continuing?

Hi, love your books. I was wondering, if you have any plans to continue writing, ‘Under Cover’ ? 

Hi! I just found 'Under Covers' and I am sooo loving it so far. Everything about it literally makes me punch a wall, in a good way yk?
          (And please don't be dead, I will die too)

Hiya ami :))) hope med school hasn't been murdering you too much, if you also have end sem exams like me I feel you babe the pressure is real. You're not alone and you got thissss!!!! luv ya <3

Hey Ami,
          Hope you're doing well? It's been long. Just wanted to reach out. 

Hey Ami!
          Is Under Covers completed?
          

stopping by for my daily check-ami’s-wall-for-any-missed-announcements. hope ur doing well, im sure med school is crazy. can’t wait to read more from u when ur ready