Amina’s journey to finding her confidence is a somewhat familiar one, but in author Hena Khan’s (It’s Ramadan, Curious George) more than capable hands it becomes a rich and, unfortunately, timely one.

Like her heroine, Amina, author Hena Khan knows firsthand what life is like for a Pakistani- American middle schooler. The challenges Amina faces as a Muslim American torn between two parts of her ...

In this sequel to Amina’s Voice, Khan returns to the world of Pakistani American teenager Amina Khokar, whose monthlong trip to Lahore is coming to an end as the book opens. Upon her return to ...

Middle school is filled with all sorts of anxiety-inducing experiences, all of which can be magnified if you’re shy, like Amina, the titular young girl at the center of Amina’s Voice, the latest ...

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Children’s author Hena Khan has inspired readers around the world with her novels celebrating diversity, culture and community. Now she’s back with the highly anticipated sequel to ...

Hena Khan clearly remembers being in school and listening to teachers and her fellow students mangle her name. She knew she wanted to include those moments when it came time for her to write “Amina’s ...

As a child, Hena Khan loved bringing home a grocery bag filled with books from the library. "I relished the world of unread pages ahead of me," she said by phone from her Rockville, Md., home, a mere ...

SEATTLE — When kids can see characters in their books that look like them or have the same cultural experiences, it can be a powerful thing. That's why authors like Hena Khan have worked so hard to ...

Hena Khan was an avid reader when she was younger, but the books she read didn't include characters like her -- a second-generation Pakistani-American girl living in Rockville, Maryland. Although Khan ...

As a child, Hena Khan loved bringing home a grocery bag filled with books from the library. “I relished the world of unread pages ahead of me,” she said. As an aspiring writer and second daughter of ...