Eman Quotah is an American-Saudi who grew up in the Kingdom as the daughter of a Hijazi father and American mother

 

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She struggled to find representation and relevance for her mixed-culture lifestyle and decided to write a book herself. Quotah believed that the societal pressure, identity issues, and family disagreements lacked representation in the publishing world.

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In 2020, she finally completed her debut novel, “Bride of the Sea” a play on nickname of the city of Jeddah, a city along the Red Sea

 

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The story plot revolves around a love story between a Saudi couple who are cousins looking to get married, and moved to Ohio, USA. The story was inspired by a family friend adding snippets of family gossip.

With the help of her father who still lives in Jeddah, the book was recently translated to Arabic

 

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The author now lives in the US and is a mother, and has family living in Jeddah.