Great Conversations features interviews with authors and writers, exploring books, writing and literary culture from Australia and the world.

Today's episode features Rawah Arja discussing her debut novel The F Team.

Tariq’s got his life together. He’s got his boys, the girls all love him and school’s a breeze… except for the bit where the media says they’re terrorists in training and the department of education is going to shut them down.

But Tariq and his friends have a chance; play in a footy comp, with some white boys from Cronulla, and actually become a team. If Tariq can pull all that off his whole world might not implode.

Discover Rawah Arja's The F Team