A captivating, insightful and charming look at growing up Muslim: As told through relatable stories and life experiences, Muddy People follows El Sayed as she grows up balancing her strict Muslim family with trying to create her own path. El Sayed is a talented and diverse new voice in nonfiction and an accomplished writer who was a recipient of the Queensland Writing Fellowship, was shortlisted for the 2020 Queensland Premier's Young Publishers and Writers Award and shortlisted for the 2019 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers. A relatable, humorous and thought-provoking memoir for readers of Alice Pung’s Unpolished Gem and Michelle Zauner’s Crying in H Mart.