Saira Mir

Saira Mir is a physician and author of the award-winning picture book Muslim Girls Rise , which she wrote for her daughter and other children to have Muslim feminist role models. As an OB-GYN, she has cared for many families through pregnancy loss, but could not find the book she needed to help support her daughter through grief over her own family's loss, which inspired her to write Always Sisters . She lives in the DC area with her kids and is always on the hunt for the next best playground...See more

Saira Mir is a physician and author of the award-winning picture book Muslim Girls Rise , which she wrote for her daughter and other children to have Muslim feminist role models. As an OB-GYN, she has cared for many families through pregnancy loss, but could not find the book she needed to help support her daughter through grief over her own family's loss, which inspired her to write Always Sisters . She lives in the DC area with her kids and is always on the hunt for the next best playground and bubble tea. See less