Zakiya
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Four years ago, Zakiya Dalila Harris quit her job to as an editor at Knopf Doubleday to do something that, at the time, even she thought was crazy: write a novel.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2023
Zakiya Dalila Harris' debut novel, the basis for Hulu's 10-episode series, accurately captures the stress of working while Black in a primarily white industry because she's lived it.
From Salon • Sep. 13, 2023
“I laughed out loud and also groaned,” said Zakiya Dalila Harris, who drew on her own experience as a Black woman working in publishing for her novel, “The Other Black Girl.”
From New York Times • May 12, 2023
Zakiya Sankara-Jabar, a co-founder of the activist group Racial Justice Now and parent of a second- and ninth-grader in the school system, agreed.
From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2022
He and his brother Luay and sister Zakiya were playing with their brother Mohammed, eighteen years older.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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