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Photo courtesy of tamara abdul hadi randa abdelfattah randa abdel fattah is the author of five novels for young adults and children. This article explores antimuslim stereotypes and strategies for combating them as presented in randa abdelfattahs first novel for young readers, does my head look big in this. Discover book depositorys huge selection of randa abdel fattah books online. His parents drag him to rallies held by their antiimmigrant group, which rails against the tide of refugees flooding the country. She is the author of the critically acclaimed novels does my head look big in this. The only problem is the impenetrable wall that divides the west. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures.
Year eleven at an exclusive prep school in the suburbs of melbourne, australia, would be tough enough, but it is further complicated for amal when she decides to wear the hijab, the muslim head scarf, fulltime as a badge of her faithwithout losing her identity or sense of style. Randa abdel fattah grew up in melbourne where she attended a roman catholic primary school and the king khalid islamic college. Randa abdelfattah books, author biography, and reading. Randa was born in australia and her debut novel, does my head look big in this. Egyptian australian diasporic writer randa abdelfattah, whose novels center. Abdelfattah describes herself as a feminist and has written critical pieces on the situation of women in saudi arabia. I have very vivid memories of going to bookstores with my mother, who was setting up a new school library they were establishing in melbourne, and sitting in these big warehouses where she was getting these big discount packs of books, and just getting so excited about that. She grew up in melbourne and attended a catholic primary school and islamic secondary college where she obtained an international baccaularetate. Randa is a prominent australian author, academic, human rights advocate, former lawyer and mother of four children. Randa abdelfattah has recently completed her phd in the department of sociology at macquarie university, australia researching islamophobia and everyday multiculturalism from the point of view of the perpetrators. Nathalie handal spoke with randa abdelfattah at the sharjah international book fair in november 2014. Dr randa abdelfattah is a postdoctoral research fellow in the department of sociology at macquarie university where she is undertaking an arc discovery early career researcher award project researching the generational impact of todays social and political climate on muslim and nonmuslim youth born into a post 911 world.