Have You Met Me?

Young Adult Harper Collins 2026

Haleema Begum was a devoted wife and loving mother. Her three daughters were settled in different parts of the world with their families, and she got to spend time with her grandchildren whenever they visited her home in Mysore.

But when Haleema dies, the families gather in her house again, maybe for the last time. Amidst a cloud of grief and decades of unspoken pain and bitterness between their mothers, Safina, Nura and Rayhaan meet. As kids, they were inseparable. Now they are practically strangers.

But when the three cousins discover Nani’s journals, they find a common purpose-protecting their Nani’s home and legacy. As they begin to learn about the family’s history, the three of them also start to understand each other. Told from multiple perspectives, Have You Met Me? is a novel charged with the bittersweet emotions and complex relationships that are a part of every family.

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“Akin to most of her previous works, Muslim women carry the story forward, which she comments was never deliberate. rn“I was just portraying reality as I know it,” she says. “When I started writing fiction, I only wanted to tell good stories and tell them well. I’ve always considered myself to be a part of the mainstream. So it would be natural for me to write about other Muslims living their lives in the mainstream. And of course, there’s a glaring lack of representation as well.””

— The New Indian Express · Podcast or interview

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“Wajid's exploration of the grandmother's character and a glimpse of her world through her diaries, is praise-worthy. She looks at what it meant for a Muslim woman in the 1980s to raise three daughters in a world that favoured sons; what her thoughts on romance and marriage may have been like; and what shape did her dreams and aspirations take. While her physical presence is absent, Nani becomes instrumental in how the other characters transform to act with more empathy and love towards each other.”

— Mid-day · Newspaper review