Growing up in Mobile, Alabama and converting to Islam during her college years. Amira Kidd is no stranger to change outside of a world of her own. Spending three years in Dubai as teacher and then principle of an international school, she was inspired by an international student, to write The Monkey King: A Journey to a State of Presence. A world traveler with a love for world culture Kidd hopes that through creative story telling she can bring insight and acceptance to different beliefs and lifestyles world wide.