Does my head look big in this gives an inside look into the modern challenges and pressures faced by muslims in the western world. She grew up in melbourne and attended a catholic primary school and islamic secondary college where she obtained an international baccaularetate. Shes also a muslim, struggling to honour the islamic faith in a society that. Randa abdelfattah is twentyfive, and has her own identity hyphens to contend with. She is also a member of a number of palestinian human rights campaigns, the australian arabic council and various australian muslim women networks. Randa abdelfattah is twentyfive, and has her own identity hyphens to contend with australianbornmuslimpalestinianegyptianchocaholic. She is also the author of the forthcoming middlegrade novel, where. Randa abdelfattahs most popular book is does my head look big in this. Randa abdelfattah has 14 books on goodreads with 51448 ratings. Amal is a 16yearold melbourne teen with all the usual obsessions about boys, chocolate and.
She is a muslim of palestinian and egyptian heritage. Winner for abia book of the year for older children 2006. Books by randa abdelfattah author of does my head look. Randa abdelfattah is an attorney, a writer, a chocoholic, and an active member in the interfaith community, as well as the campaign for palestinian human rights. With an engaging narrator at the helm, abdelfattahs debut novel should open the eyes of many a reader. Amal is a 16yearold melbourne teen with all the usual obsessions about boys, chocolate and cosmo magazine. It paints a clear picture of the varied opinion between families ad generations about what it means to be a good muslim, and shows the differing options on what is culturally appropriate. She studied artslaw at melbourne university during which time she was the media liaison officer at the islamic council of victoria, a role which. This novel, while a little overlong, is definitely worth reading, but i wish i had read this back in 2005. It was released in australia, by pan macmillan australia, on 1 august 2005. Books for middle school to high school randa abdelfattah does my head look big in this. Amal, a teenage girl, recounts the struggles of conforming to the.
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