Nemat’s novel, ‘The Carpet Weaver’ published this year, opened to wide critical acclaim in the Indian press. His first novel is fuelled by what he has witnessed as a journalist and activist. He is the first native from Afghanistan to have publicly come out as gay and campaigned for LGBTQIA rights in Muslim communities worldwide. Sadat has previously worked at ABC News’s ‘Nightline’, CNN’s ‘Fareed Zakaria GPS’ and ‘UN Chronicle’, and has earned six university degrees, including graduate degrees from Harvard, Columbia, and Oxford. He lives in Washington, D.C. and is working on his second novel.