My Last Name Isn't A Shortcut

What happens when shortcuts are handed out—but your name is never on the list?
My Last Name Isn't a Shortcut is a blisteringly honest memoir-novel about grit, rejection, and the fight to rise in a world that rewards connections over character.
From bone-chilling grocery store shifts to unanswered research rejections, from the weight of immigrant sacrifice to the hunger of ambition, Aliza Inayatullah pulls readers into the raw reality of chasing a dream without privilege, without shortcuts, an...