Randa Abdel-Fattah esplora temi di identità musulmana e comprensione interculturale, attingendo al suo background legale e attivista per approfondire questioni di giustizia sociale. La sua scrittura offre una prospettiva acuta sulla rappresentazione, esaminando come le comunità emarginate vengono percepite e ritratte all'interno della narrativa sociale più ampia. Attraverso i suoi contributi letterari, cerca di promuovere il dialogo e costruire ponti tra diverse culture e fedi.
Amal navigates the challenges of being a 16-year-old Muslim girl in Melbourne, balancing her teenage interests with her faith. Her decision to wear a hijab, or "shawl up," brings a mix of humor, anxiety, and self-discovery as she faces societal misunderstandings. The narrative explores her personal growth and the complexities of identity, making it both a relatable and heartfelt story about faith, culture, and adolescence.
A moving and joyful book for children from all backgrounds about the many ways we love, from award-winning author Randa Abdel-Fattah and acclaimed illustrator Maxine Beneba Clarke.
'One minute you're a 15-year old girl who loves Netflix and music and the next minute you're looked at as maybe ISIS.' The generation born at the time of the 9/11 attacks are turning 18. What has our changed world meant for them? We now have a generation - Muslim and non-Muslim - who have grown up only knowing a world at war on terror. These young people have been socialised in a climate of widespread Islamophobia, surveillance and suspicion. An unparalleled security apparatus around terrorism has grown alongside fears over young people's radicalisation and the introduction into schools and minority communities of various government-led initiatives to counter violent extremism. In Coming of Age in the War on Terror Randa Abdel-Fattah, a leading scholar and popular writer, interrogates the impact of all this on young people's trust towards adults and the societies they live in and their political consciousness. Drawing on local interviews but global in scope, this book is the first to examine the lives of a generation for whom the rise of the far-right, the discourse of Trump and Brexit and the growing polarisation of politics seems normal in the long aftermath of 9/11. It's about time we hear what they have to say.
Thirteen-year-old Hayaat is on a mission. She believes a handful of soil from her grandmother's ancestral home in Jerusalem will save her beloved Sitti Zeynab's life. The only problem is the impenetrable wall that divides the West Bank, as well as the checkpoints, the curfews, and Hayaat's best friend Samy, who is always a troublemaker. But luck is on their side. Hayaat and Samy have a curfew-free day to travel to Jerusalem. However, while their journey is only a few kilometres long, it may take a lifetime to complete.
Randa Abdel-Fattah's new novel about finding your place in life . . . and learning to accept yourself and your culture.At school I'm Aussie-blonde Jamie -- one of the crowd. At home I'm Muslim Jamilah -- driven mad by my Stone Age dad. I should win an Oscar for my acting skills. But I can't keep it up for much longer...Jamie just wants to fit in. She doesn't want to be seen as a stereotypical Muslim girl, so she does everything possible to hide that part of herself. Even if it means pushing her friends away because she's afraid to let them know her dad forbids her from hanging out with boys or that she secretly loves to play the darabuka (Arabic drums).
Amal ha sedici anni e vive in Australia. Adora fare shopping, ha un debole per "Friends" e quando non ha niente da mettersi si fa prendere dal panico. Amal è musulmano. Ha deciso di indossare a tempo pieno lo hijah, il velo islamico che copre i capelli, e non sarà un gioco da ragazzi. Perché dovrà vedersele con la direttrice e i professore della scuola e convincenre i compagni di classe che nessuno l'ha costretta con la forza. Di certo Tia Tamos, l'odiosa del terzo anno, se ne uscirà con una delle sue solite cattiverie. Ma soprattutto Adam... Che cosa dirà Adam?
