Ten Things I Hate About Me 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 ma

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 longerJamie just wants to fit in She doesn t want to be seeRanda 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 longerJamie 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.
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↠ Ten Things I Hate About Me || ✓ PDF Download by î Randa Abdel-Fattah
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Title: ↠ Ten Things I Hate About Me || ✓ PDF Download by î Randa Abdel-Fattah
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Randa Abdel Fattah was born in Sydney in 1979 She is a Muslim of Palestinian and Egyptian heritage She grew up in Melbourne and attended a Catholic primary school and Islamic secondary college where she obtained an International Baccaularetate She studied Arts Law at Melbourne University during which time she was the Media Liaison Officer at the Islamic council of Victoria, a role which afforded her the opportunity to write for newspapers and engage with media institutions about their representation of Muslims and Islam.During university and her role at the ICV, Randa was a passionate human rights advocate and stood in the 1996 federal election as a member of the Unity Party Say No To Hanson Randa has also been deeply interested in inter faith dialogue and has been a member of various inter faith networks She also volunteered with different human rights and migrant resource organisations including the Australian Arabic council, the Victorian migrant resource centre, Islamic women s welfare council, Palestine human rights campaign, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, to name a few.Randa has used her writing as a medium for expressing her views about the occupation of Palestine Her articles about Palestine, Australian Muslims and the misunderstood status of women in Islam have been published in the Australian, the Age, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Canberra Times, New Matilda, Le Monde France.Randa is frequently sought for comment by the media on issues pertaining to Palestine, Islam or Australian Muslims She has appeared on SBS s Insight, ABC s First Tuesday Book Club, ABC s Q A, Channel 7 s Sunrise and Channel 10 s 9am.Randa is also a regular guest at schools around Australia addressing students about her books and the social justice issues they raise Randa has also been a guest at Sweden s Gothenburg and Litterlund book festivals 2007 and 2008 and Kuala Lumpur s Book festival 2008 She has also toured in Brunei and the UK.Randa lives in Sydney with her husband and their two children She works as a litigation lawyer.