Shaila Abdullah
Estados Unidos
- Ubicación geográfica América del norte
- Lenguas Urdu and English
Sobre mí
I am a Pakistani-American author and designer based in Austin, Texas. Saffron Dreams, my latest novel is about the struggles of a 9/11 Muslim widow. See http://www.shailaabdullah.com/
My debut book, Beyond the Cayenne Wall, is an award-winning collection of stories about Pakistani women struggling to find their individualities despite the barriers imposed by society. Among other accolades, the book won the Norumbega Jury Prize for outstanding Fiction and the DIY Festival Award. I also received a grant from the Hobson Foundation for Saffron Dreams.
Muestra cambiada por:
Change comes from within an individual. We are all evolving, growing. I see it in my own work.
Me apasiona:
My creative writing focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of Pakistani women and their often unconventional choices in life. It also deals with the Asian experience in America, the conflict between the two worlds and the culture of my adopted country.
Immigrant Women Experiences
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How Do YOU Exhibit Change?
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Sins of Monsoons is an unpublished chapter from Shaila Abdullah's new novel Saffron Dreams.
de Su exhibición:
Tannu is a metaphorically caged dove trying to live up to the expectations that come with being a woman able to bear children. While the life inside her blossoms, the ghosts of her pregnancy secret haunt her. In an act of defiance against the restrictions of expectation, she refuses to give up her firstborn to the caretakers of the shrine of Shah Daullah as tradition dictates.
Sejal Hathi es una estudiante de 17 años de la escuela Notre Dame, de San José, California. En 2007, cuando tenía 15, fundó Girls Helping Girls, una organización internacional sin fines de lucro que conecta a chicas de los Estados Unidos con sus pares de otros países. La organización fomenta la autoestima y ayuda a las jóvenes a dialogar, nutrirse unas a otras y colaborar para generar el cambio social en sus comunidades locales.
Voz de la comunidad destacada: Anya Kandel, Momentus International
Anya Kandel, fundadora y directora creativa de Momentus International, está encendiendo una conversación global entre la juventud. Trabajando con gente joven en California, Ghana y los Países Bajos, su organización provee un espacio creativo para que se comuniquen y se empoderen entre sí a través del lenguaje universal de las artes.
