Airplane Mode

'Brilliant at evoking the quieter pleasures of travel' Financial Times

'Compelling, witty, nuanced and frankly devastating on the ways that many ways that colonialism is embedded in the experience of travel' Jini Reddy, author of Wanderland

'A ruthlessly honest and funny observer' New York Times

'In interweaving the personal and political stakes of travelling as a migrant, Habib gives us an urgently needed reimagining of the genre' Jessica J. Lee, author of Dispersals

'Should be required reading' Los Angeles Times

‘Fresh, thought-provoking and funny’ Michael Kerr, Deskbound Traveller

'A memorable and unique travelogue that explores what it means to explore the world through the lens of colonialism, capitalism, and climate change' Debutiful

'Fascinating, wide-ranging and insightful... who gets to travel and what makes us so keen to travel in the first place?' Annabel Abbs, author of Windswept and Sleepless

'An enlightening and entertaining debut essay collection' Smithsonian magazine

'Insightful, funny, moving, politically astute... Habib's book is rich and her narrative voice analytic, historically informed, and passionate... compels us to engage in the politics of travel' International Examiner