Samina Ali's Writings
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May.18.2012
At the Center for American Studies, Samina Ali and Reza Aslan speak to Farah Pandith, Senior Adviser to the State Department Bureau of European Affairs on Muslim engagement
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May.18.2012
NPR
Writer Samina Ali's first novel, Madras on Rainy Days, is about a woman modeled after Ali herself. The book is about a young Muslim woman from India, who lives for a while in America and returns to her homeland for an arranged marriage. NPR's Liane Hansen talks with Ali.
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May.18.2012
NPR
Award-winning authors Edwidge Danticat, Junot Diaz and Samina Ali all came to this country as children — Danticat from Haiti, Diaz from the Dominican Republic, and Ali from India.
As part of NPR's series on the children of immigrants, these three authors offer perspective on the transformation of immigrants in America as the next generation assimilates.
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May.18.2012
Samina Ali's Second Life and First Novel
Article by Sarah Williams
Samina Ali had a critical question for her doctor, one that she feared would decide her future. "What part of the brain," she asked, "does a person need in order to write?"
"You need this part, this part, this part and this part," he told her, pointing to the front, back and sides of his head. A...
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May.18.2012
Samina Ali was in Barcelona this week with the U.S. State Department to talk about life for Muslims in America today. She obliged me with an interview ...
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Books with buzz ... Madras on Rainy Days. Born in India and raised in Minneapolis by an overprotective mother, Layla, the feisty young heroine of Samina Ali's accomplished debut is 'like a ghost caught in cultural ruins.' Returning to India for an arranged marriage, she feels alternately trapped and fascinated by her family's Muslim traditions as she struggles with everything from her chador to her handsome new husband to the lost promise of her past.
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—Vogue Magazine
About Samina
SAMINA ALI is the first Indian Muslim woman fiction writer to be published in America. A trailblazer and visionary, she has built a career as both a successful novelist and a widely popular speaker.
Her debut novel, MADRAS ON RAINY DAYS, was awarded the Prix...
Connections
Causes Samina Ali Supports
Women for Women International
WISE: Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equity...