Hong Kong writer was born with muscular myopathy, a condition that weakens her muscles and forces her to use a wheelchair for most daily activities. The condition can be life-threatening, particularly during childhood. Her muscular weakness would frequently escalate a common flu into pneumonia because she struggled to breathe or cough properly. At the age of eight, one of her lungs collapsed, forcing Nesar to stay in hospital for four months. It was during this time, when she buried her head in books, that she found solace in stories about her Islamic faith. Despite living with physical barrie…