The Wanderer’s Purpose: Heba Alwasity on Identity, Belonging, and Weaving Magic. Heba Alwasity’s debut novel, Weavingshaw, tells the story of Leena Al-Sayer, a young woman caught between cultures, grappling with her ability to see the dead. Set against a gothic backdrop, …

Still In The Spotlight: The Wanderer's Purpose: Heba Alwasity on Identity, Belonging, and Weaving Magic.

Get to know the NHS Doctor behind the 2026 #Besetselling #GothicFantasy Weavingshaw.

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The Wanderer’s Purpose: Heba Alwasity on Identity, Belonging, and Weaving Magic. Heba Alwasity’s debut novel, Weavingshaw, tells the story of Leena Al-Sayer, a young woman caught between cultures, grappling with her ability to see the dead. Set against a gothic backdrop, …

The Wanderer's Purpose: In Conversation.
We sat down with #ArabAuthors, a writer born in Libya to Iraqi refugee parents, raised in Canada, now an NHS doctor — to talk about her debut novel, #Weavingshaw, a gothic fantasy, identity, magic, and the spaces between cultures. #Fantasy #WritingLife

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Heba's experiences as a refugee and immigrant don't just inform her writing—they fuel it. Her debut gothic fantasy novel, #Weavingshaw. In February 2026, it became an instant No.1 Sunday Times bestseller.

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