Amals Entschluss steht fest: Ab sofort trägt sie das muslimische Kopftuch ständig. Nicht alle Freunde finden das gut. Doch Amal ist immer noch dasselbe Mädchen, das sich für Klamotten und „Friends“ interessiert - und für Adam.
Randa Abdel-Fattah Bücher
Randa Abdel-Fattah erforscht in ihren Werken Themen der muslimischen Identität und interkulturellen Verständigung und schöpft dabei aus ihrem Hintergrund in Recht und Aktivismus, um sich mit Fragen der sozialen Gerechtigkeit auseinanderzusetzen. Ihre Schriften bieten eine scharfe Perspektive auf Repräsentation und untersuchen, wie marginalisierte Gemeinschaften in der breiteren gesellschaftlichen Erzählung wahrgenommen und dargestellt werden. Durch ihre literarischen Beiträge strebt sie danach, den Dialog zu fördern und Brücken zwischen verschiedenen Kulturen und Glaubensrichtungen zu bauen.






Does My Head Look Big In This (2022 NE)
- 368 Seiten
- 13 Lesestunden
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.
Where the Streets Had a Name
- 227 Seiten
- 8 Lesestunden
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.
Coming of Age in the War on Terror
- 352 Seiten
- 13 Lesestunden
'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.
Ten Things I Hate About Me
- 303 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
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).
