M.O. Yuksel is the award-winning author of In My Mosque, and One Wish: Fatima al-Fihri and the World’s Oldest University. Of Uzbek heritage, she was born in Türkiye and immigrated to the United States when she was seven. She spent most of her childhood in New York City. Ramadan is her favorite time of year. Visit her online at www.moyuksel.com.