Maya Bibinaz Rostampisheh-Williams leads a life almost as complicated as her name in flamboyant desert city Dubai, where East and West collide at top speed. We cross cultural boundaries on a humorous journey with Maya and her odd circle of international friends as they stumble into social, sexual, and romantic challenges posed by religion, tradition, and politics in the modern Middle East. "The strong prose will likely keep readers turning pages . . . Engaging women's fiction with an international twist." - Kirkus Reviews "Desert Mojito's main success is that Ghassemi manages to pierce through Dubai's layer of glitz." - The National Abu Dhabi