Episode 04: Randa Abdel-Fattah

Randa Abdel-Fattah is a prominent Palestinian Egyptian Muslim author, academic, human rights advocate, former lawyer and mother of four children. The award-winning author of eleven novels, published and translated in over 20 countries, Randa writes across a wide range of genres and actively seeks to translate her academic work into creative interventions which reshape dominant narratives around race, human rights, multiculturalism and identity in popular culture. Her most recent non-fiction book, Coming of Age in the War on Terror, was shortlisted for the 2022 Stella Awards, the 2022 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards and the 2022 NSW Premier's Literary Awards.

Follow Randa on Twitter @RandaAFattah

Find links to purchase Randa’s books on our Bookshelf

The conversation in this episode was was recorded in February 2021 as part of a series of webinars presented by APAN, the Australian Palestinian Advocacy Network. Thank you to Jessica Morrison and Sara Saleh from APAN for their work producing the event.

Music composed and performed by Nahed Elrayes.