Salutation Road

A bold, intriguing act of imagination … Salutation Road confronts important questions about parallel existences splintered by immigration, the price of survival, and the ways migration and distance reshape blood ties and family – Aube Rey Lescure, Women’s Prize shortlisted author of River East, River West
Beautiful, thought-provoking and meaningful – Nussaibah Younis, author of Fundamentally
Ibrahim’s writing, sentence by sentence, is textured, original and worth savouring. She explores immigration and family, and through alternate realities, the way a single change can lead to a totally different life * Esquire *
Ibrahim’s lyrical prose and profound insight beautifully examine the duality of self and enduring – Selina Brown, CEO of Black British Book Festival
Salma Ibrahim creates a formidable main character in Sirad Ali * Vogue Arabia *
A vital exploration … Salutation Road interrogates who and what we would be if our family histories were different, how far we will go for those we love and how much we can ever really know about ourselves. A brilliant debut from a promising new voice – Nadeine Asbali, author of Veiled Threat
The most incredible tale of alternate lives, love and what it means to build a home – Danielle Giles, author of Mere
A poignant , tender and captivating tale of connection, exploring the hidden pieces of ourselves that might have been – Kosar Ali, BAFTA-nominated actress of Rocks

Salma Ibrahim is a novelist, short-story writer, and marketing manager at UNICEF. Her novel Salutation Road, while still in development, won the London Writers Award in 2019 and was a runner-up in the Future Worlds Prize in 2021. She lives in Greenwich, London, and has also spent a lot of time in the Middle East and East Africa.

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