Yousra Imran: “This is me - take it or leave it!”

The writer on how she found her true self in the middle of clashing cultures

Hi, welcome back to Mixed Messages! This week, I speak to Yousra Imran, who is of Egyptian and white British heritage. Yousra’s first novel, Hijab and Red Lipstick, follows Sara, a mixed teen who struggles to find her voice with a strict Egyptian father and a move to the Arabian Gulf. I wanted to see how closely this novel followed Yousra’s own experien…