Does My Head Look Big in This?

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Author:

Abdel-Fattah, Randa

Read by:

Macauley, Rebecca

ISBN:

978-1-74093-907-2

Publication Date:

Jan 2007

Publisher:

Bolinda Publishing Pty, Limited

Book Format:

CD-Audio

List Price:

USD $87.95

Book Description:

Winner - Australian Book Industry Awards 2006 - Australian Book of the Year for Older Children.

The slide opened and I heard a gentle, kind voice: What is your confession, my child? I was stuffed. The Priest would declare me a heretic; my parents would call me a traitor ...The Priest asked me again: What is your confession, my child? I'm Muslim. I whispered. Welcome to my world. I'm Amal Abdel-Hakim, a seventeen year-old Australian-Palestinian-Muslim still trying to come to grips...
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Book Details

Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	6.552 x 6.045 Inches
Book Weight:	1.1 Pounds

Author Biography

Abdel-Fattah, Randa (Author)

Randa Abdel-Fattah was born on July 6 1979 in Sydney Australia. She is an Australian Muslim writer of Palestinian and Egyptian decent. Her first novel Does My Head Look Big in This? was published in 2005.

Abdel-Fattah studied a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Law at the University of Melbourne. During this time, she was the Media Liaison Officer at the Islamic Council of Victoria, a role that afforded her the opportunity to write for newspapers and engage with media institutions about their representation of Muslims and Islam. Abdel-Fattah was a passionate human rights advocate and stood in the 1998 federal election as a member of the Unity Party. Her book titles include: Ten Things I Hate about Me, Where the Streets Had a Name, Noah's Law and The Friendship Matchmaker. In 2015 her title Does My Head Look Big in This? will be adapted into a film.

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