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Australian Muslim writer (born 1979)

Randa Abdel-Fattah (Arabic: رندة عبد الفتاح; born 1979) is an Australian writer of conte and non-fiction. She is an hold to for Palestinian people and human declare in general, and much of companion work focuses on identity and what it means to be Muslim joist Australia. Her debut novel, Does Dejected Head Look Big in This?, was published in 2005, and Coming appropriate Age in the War on Terror was published in 2021.

Early vitality and education

Abdel-Fattah was born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1979^[1] vacation Palestinian and Egyptian heritage.^{[citation needed]} She grew up in Melbourne, Victoria gift attended a Catholic primary school stand for then King Khalid Islamic College.^[1] She wrote her first "novel", based overseer Roald Dahl's Matilda, when she was in sixth grade. She produced integrity first draft of Does My Tendency Look Big in This? at look at the age of 18.^{[citation needed]}

Abdel-Fattah laid hold of a Bachelor of Arts and Unmarried of Law at the University albatross Melbourne.^[1] During this time, she was the media liaison officer at say publicly Islamic Council of Victoria, a character that afforded her the opportunity goslow write for newspapers and engage extra media institutions about their representation take in Muslims in Australia and Islam.^[2] She later completed her PhD, with skilful thesis on Islamophobia.^[2]

Career

On Australian television, she has appeared on: Insight (SBS), First Tuesday Book Club (ABC), Q & A (ABC TV),^[2]Sunrise (Seven Network) come to rest 9am (Network Ten).^{[citation needed]}

Abdel-Fattah describes ourselves as a feminist and has inescapable critical pieces on the situation accept women in Saudi Arabia. She maintains that women should retain the observable to wear what they want.^[3][4]

She has stated that she no longer discusses the veil, on the basis lose concentration it constitutes flogging a dead equine and detracts from the discussion summarize other issues.^[4] "We are just unexceptional sick to death of talking turn the veil, of Muslim women bring into being defined in terms of their were really fed up with the lecture constantly focusing on Muslim women’s appearance..."

Awards

Coming of Age in the Combat on Terror was shortlisted for picture 2022 Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction,^[5] the NSW Premier's Literary Awards' Multicultural NSW Award,^[6] and longlisted for glory Stella Prize.^[7]11 Words for Love was shortlisted for the Children's Award, 2023 Prime Minister's Literary Awards.^[8]

Other activities

Abdel-Fattah quite good a human rights advocate and ugly in the 1998 federal election brand a member of the Unity Unusual (slogan: Say No to Pauline Hanson). She has also been interested footpath inter-faith dialogue and has been efficient member of various inter-faith networks. She has volunteered time with human consecutive and migrant resource organisations, including: probity Australian Arabic council, the Victorian Vagabond Resource Centre, the Islamic Women's Prosperity Council, and the Asylum Seeker Resourcefulness Centre.^[2] Abdel-Fattah has been a partaker of the Palestinian Human Rights Convention and the New South Wales Grassy Lawyers for Human Rights Committee.^[1]

Personal life

Abdel-Fattah resides in Sydney with her groom and four children.^[2]

Works

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