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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.
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The slide opened and I heard a gentle, kind voice: 'What is your confession, my child?' I was stuffed. The priest would declare me a heretic; my parents would call me a traitor . . . The priest asked me again: 'What is your confession, my child?' 'I'm Muslim,' I whispered. Welcom...e to my world. I'm Amal Abdel-Hakim, a sixteen-year-old Australian-Palestinian-Muslim still getting to grips with my various identity hyphens. It's hard enough to be cool as a teenager, but try wearing a veil on your head and getting in the 'bums up' position at lunchtime and you know you're in for a tough time. Luckily my friends support me, although they've got a few troubles of their own. Simone, blonde and gorgeous, has got serious image issues, and Leila's really intelligent but her parents are more interested in her getting a marriage certificate than her high school certificate. And I thought I had problems . . . A story of being true to yourself, standing up for your beliefs and finding your own way. Praise for Does My Head Look Big In This? 'The freshest voice and perspective in young adult fiction.' Weekend Australian 'Reading Randa Abdel-Fattah's first novel is like discovering a jewel.' Sydney Morning Herald 'A no-holds-barred look at life when cultures clash and modernity wars with tradition.' Good Weekend 'This debut should speak to anyone who has felt like an outsider for any reason.' Publisher's Weekly
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Michael has always believed that everything in life is black and white. But that was before he met Mina.
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There are a lot of things Jamie hates about her life; for the past three years Jamie has hidden her Lebanese background from everyone at school. It's only with her email friend John that she can really be herself. But with the school formal coming up, will she reveal her true ide...ntity? Age 12+.
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An anthology of personal stories by popular authors. Includes New Zealand authors Bernard Beckett, Mandy Hager, Rachael Craw, Ted Dawe, and Brigid Lowry.
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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 check points, the curfews, t...he permit system and Hayaat's best friend Samy.
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I heard a gentle, kind voice: What is your confession, my child? I was stuffed. The Priest would declare me a heretic; my parents would call me a traitor, and Mrs Piogarni would give me detention. I am Muslim, I whispered. It's hard enough being cool. Try wearing a veil on your h...ead and practicing the bum's up position at lunchtime.
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The new young adult novel from the author of Does My Head Look Big in This?
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Best friends Jodie, Rania and Deyana can't believe what they have found in the school library - a mysterious book that writes itself, just for them. Jodie's life is difficult enough - her father is in a new relationship and she's trying to get used to having a step-sister. The ad...vice the book is giving her is so confusing. Who is the ghostly writer? What does she want?
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This book explores Islamophobia in Australia, shifting attention from its victims to its perpetrators by examining the visceral, atavistic nature of people's feelings and responses to the Muslim `other' in everyday life. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, Islamophobia and Everyday ...Multiculturalism sheds light on the problematisations of Muslims amongst Anglo and non-Anglo Australians, investigating the impact of whiteness on minorities' various reactions to Muslims. Advancing a micro-interactional, ethnographically oriented perspective, the author demonstrates the ways in which Australia's histories and logics of racial exclusion, thinking and expression produce processes in which whiteness socializes, habituates and `teaches' `racialising' behaviour, and shows how national and global events, moral panics, and political discourse infiltrate everyday encounters between Muslims and non-Muslims, producing distinct structures of feeling and discursive, affective and social practices of Islamophobia. As such, it will be of interest to social scientists with interests in race and ethnicity, migration and diaspora and Islamophobia.
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