Randa Abdel-Fattah | |
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Born | 1979 (age 44–45) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation | Writer, lawyer |
Alma mater | Melbourne University |
Genre | Fiction, school story |
Subject | Islamophobia, Islam, Muslims |
Notable works | Does My Head Look Big in This? |
Notable awards | Kathleen Mitchell Award |
Children | 4 |
Website | |
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Randa Abdel-Fattah (Arabic: رندة عبد الفتاح; born 1979) is an Australian writer of fiction and non-fiction. She is an advocate for Palestinian people and human rights in general, and much of her work focuses on identity and what it means to be Muslim in Australia. Her debut novel, Does My Head Look Big in This?, was published in 2005, and Coming of Age in the War on Terror was published in 2021.