16th February, 7:30pm - Nussaibah Younis, Fundamentally

Backstory, 71 Balham High Rd, SW12 9AP

We're looking forward to welcoming Nussaibah Younis to Backstory to talk about Fundamentally, shortlisted for the 2025 Women's Prize For Fiction. 

About the book:

Nadia is an academic who's been disowned by her puritanical mother and dumped by her lover, Rosy. She decides to make a getaway, accepting a UN job in Iraq.

Tasked with rehabilitating ISIS women, Nadia becomes mired in the opaque world of international aid, surrounded by bumbling colleagues. Sara is a precocious and sweary East Londoner who joined ISIS at just fifteen. Nadia is struck by how similar they are: both feisty and opinionated, from a Muslim background, with a shared love of Dairy Milk and rude pick-up lines.

A powerful friendship forms between the two women, until a secret confession from Sara threatens everything Nadia has been working for.

Tickets Available:

Ticket only - £15 (This ticket does not include a copy of the book. You can decide to buy a copy on the night, but this will be charged in addition, at the full price of the book.)

Ticket & book  (RRP £9.99) - £21 (To collect on the night.)