Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

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http://www.spirit21.co.uk/

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Shelina Zahra Janmohamed is the author of "Love in a Headscarf", a humorous and irreverent memoir about growing up as a Muslim woman. She writes regularly for EMEL magazine, a leading glossy Muslim lifestyle magazine. She also writes for the Times Online, the National (based in the UAE) and has written for the Guardian and Comment is Free.

She has her own award-winning blog which is now four years old at spirit21.co.uk. She has travelled with the British Foreign and Commonwealth office to Darfur, Egypt, Saudia Arabia, Indonesia, Qatar and Turkey under its programme to build links with British Muslims and encourage dialogue. She is a creator and organizer of social and cultural events for young British Muslims, as part of creating a new Brit...more

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Shelina Zahra Janmohamed's Blog

Shelina Zahra Janmohamed isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but she does have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from her feed.

The Olympics are coming to London: along with traffic, warzones and pandemics. No wonder I feel grumpy

My weekly newspaper column for The National published today.

The Olympics are almost upon us. The correct response should be “Hurrah!” but that’s not how I feel at all. I am unexcited, despondent and frankly just a teeny bit scared.

Last weekend, 40,000 people attended an opening ceremony at Olympic Stadium, where the Games will begin on July 27. The day before the weekend event, a newspaper s...

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Books by Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

Average rating: 3.61 · 293 ratings · 84 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Love In A Headscarf 3.62 avg rating — 290 ratings — 9 editions	My rating:
	Love In A Headscarf 1.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009	My rating: