Salma Hussain

The Secret Diary of Mona Hasan

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Produktbeschreibung

"Mona Hasan is a young Muslim girl growing up in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, when the first Gulf War breaks out in 1991. The war isn't what she expects--especially when the ground offensive is over so quickly...Over the course of one year, Mona falls in love, speaks up to protect her younger sister, loses her best friend to the new girl at school, has summer adventures with her cousins in Pakistan, immigrates to Canada, and pursues her ambition to be a feminist and a poet"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Tundra
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Altersempfehlung: 10 bis 14 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 142mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780735271494
• ISBN-10: 0735271496
• Artikelnr.: 62608273

Autorenporträt

SALMA HUSSAIN grew up in the U.A.E., and immigrated to Canada when she was thirteen years old. She has a B.A. (Hon.) in English Literature, with a concentration in creative writing from the University of Calgary, a law degree from the University of Calgary, and a Master's in Law from McGill University. Her short stories and poems have been published in filling Station, West Coast Line, Other Voices, and in the anthology Homebound: Muslim Women Poetry Collection (Outburst Press). She is a graduate of the Humber Summer Writing Workshop and won the International Festival of Authors’ Litjam short story competition (2018). She was also a mentee in the Diaspora Dialogues long-form mentorship program last year. She lives with her family in Toronto.