Randa Abdel Fattah Books

[stephenoskie]

Assalaamu alikum Every one

I recently just read this authrs books and mashAllah they are really good. I met her about 8 weeks ago at bham central libary and she is a really nice person. I would recommend these to any one :D

http://books.google.co.uk/books?as_auth=Randa+Abdel+Fattah&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=author-navigational&hl=en

There are two

Does my Head look big in this
10 Things I hate about me

Walikum Assalaam

Tek Cre

Amira X

[Omar Mukhtar]

awful book, gives bad image for muslims women out there.

basically about this young muslim woman living in west, and the stuff she goes through just to wear a scarf, she writes this stupid list reasons to and not to wear it, and one reason not to is cuz she thinks in love with this white boy, other disgusting stuff in book too that not worth mentioning here.

advise sisters to stay away from this book.

[miss-islamic]

^Some people can never be pleased, at least not until everything is exactly the way they want it. And for a people who are so obsessive about things being exactly they want it, they surprisingly (or maybe not so surprisingly) do nothing but complain. :rolleyes:Fiction is supposed to be realistic. Not portray it characters, in this case the Muslim girl, under a halo. :rolleyes: OP: It’s a great book, sis. That’s so cool about you meeting her. What’d she say? :D

[Omar Mukhtar]

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[stephenoskie]

awful book, gives bad image for muslims women out there.

basically about this young muslim woman living in west, and the stuff she goes through just to wear a scarf, she writes this stupid list reasons to and not to wear it, and one reason not to is cuz she thinks in love with this white boy, other disgusting stuff in book too that not worth mentioning here.

advise sisters to stay away from this book.

No offence but what would you know about a sister growing up in the west and being influenced by the non muslims, it is hard you know. I dont live in a mainly asian area and it is hard to stay practising where there are people clubbing and that, I could relate so much to the second book 10 things i hate about me, I live two lives im english at home and im amira at college.

^Some people can never be pleased, at least not until everything is exactly the way they want it. And for a people who are so obsessive about things being exactly they want it, they surprisingly (or maybe not so surprisingly) do nothing but complain. :rolleyes:Fiction is supposed to be realistic. Not portray it characters, in this case the Muslim girl, under a halo. :rolleyes: OP: It’s a great book, sis. That’s so cool about you meeting her. What’d she say? :D

She encouraged me to write a book inshallah it is what i will be doing over the hoildays, and I have two or three ideas written down.I want to enter the british muslim writers awards for next year inshAllah :D

She was very nice and she was telling me that she is a lawyer and a full time mother aswell to one child and she has another child on the way :)

[Salman Al-Farsi]

Mash'Allah, looking foward to your book :up:

[stephenoskie]

Mash'Allah, looking foward to your book :up:

:embar: You wanna hear the idea first I dont think that it would be good. seriously but i am always in doubt so I am told :D lolz :up:

[Salman Al-Farsi]

:embar: You wanna hear the idea first I dont think that it would be good. seriously but i am always in doubt so I am told :D lolz :up:


go on, let's hear the idea :)

I think insh'Allah you will make a brilliant writer as you are a good inspiration for young women. And would you dedicate it to ummah forum? that be kewl.

[stephenoskie]

go on, let's hear the idea :)

I think insh'Allah you will make a brilliant writer as you are a good inspiration for young women. And would you dedicate it to ummah forum? that be kewl.

Well I just wanted to writer a book about a guy who has reverted to Islam, and basically another girl see's what he has done but takes an interest really and int he end they both revert.

It will just show how hard it can be and how easy it can be,

If you get what I mean ?

[Phoenix CG]

that sounds like a love story :p - she reverts not cas the guy right :p

[Muslimah4lyff]

i thought that name sounded familiar :rolleyes: anyway ive read both books and mashAllah they're great!!........

id recommend it to anyone........:up:

[Medievalist]

What does randa mean?

[miss-islamic]

No offence but what would you know about a sister growing up in the west and being influenced by the non muslims, it is hard you know. I dont live in a mainly asian area and it is hard to stay practising where there are people clubbing and that, I could relate so much to the second book 10 things i hate about me, I live two lives im english at home and im amira at college.



She encouraged me to write a book inshallah it is what i will be doing over the hoildays, and I have two or three ideas written down.I want to enter the british muslim writers awards for next year inshAllah :D

She was very nice and she was telling me that she is a lawyer and a full time mother aswell to one child and she has another child on the way :)

MashaAllah, that’s so cool! And you can base it “loosely” on you own life story by talking about dealing with being english and Muslim at the same time. That’ll make people like it even better. But still have the “DMHLBIT” novel genre that young people like. We really need more book like that for Muslim teens. And also it would be great if it were not just for girls (which “DMHLBIT” is). But it’s really more work then one thinks. I was reading about an author the other day and he said he wrote 100 pages for all his main characters. :eek: And, y’know, get it checked it by a typical Islamic fault-finders before you publish it, just in case. :rolleyes: PM if you need any help or anything. And, have you read the book, “In the Name of God?” That’s good too. Written by a non-Muslim tho. Reading more books of that genre (i.e. fiction & about Muslims ) helps a lot. I have a list of around 40 books written that I have read (:o), I’ll post it. Most of them are for older audience tho. But there is “Kiffe kiffe Tomorrow”, “Minaret”, “Salam, Paris” that is more teenagerish. Good luck. :hidban:

[Tranquillity]

D' ya know, I actually quite admired her at first for giving a voice to the teenage Muslim girl.. even if some of the things she describes are not Islamic, she is not writing a moral guide but a novel..
My problem was when I found out a bit more about the author as a person. Now, I'm sure she is a lovely person or whatever and i'm don't want to make a judgement on her as a Muslim, but the woman does not wear hijab. that in itself wouldn't be a problem, but her books are about having pride in the scarf, not taking it off because of what people say etc etc and in an interview she said that she wore it when she was younger then knew that it would hinder her chances in becoming a lawyer and took the decision to not wear it anymore.
I can't respect a writer who is unable to stick by their own principles.

[scribble]

Heard of her, but I really... really didn't want to read the books. :(

I'm not sure why.. I think I was embarrassed for some reason.. Things like that emabrrass me a lot. Not Islam before you all jump down my throat but like... a prospective of a Muslim and their life in the Western society, usually there's things I come across that I don't agree with and then it just makes me dislike the book.

[Tranquillity]

Heard of her, but I really... really didn't want to read the books. :(

I'm not sure why.. I think I was embarrassed for some reason.. Things like that emabrrass me a lot. Not Islam before you all jump down my throat but like... a prospective of a Muslim and their life in the Western society, usually there's things I come across that I don't agree with and then it just makes me dislike the book.

I know what you mean, actually and a lot of people don't get it, but for me it's more embarrassment cos a lot of the time the books just end up being naff.
partly that's because a lot of people just set out to tell a story, not to write particularly good literature

[stephenoskie]

What does randa mean?

Its her name

D' ya know, I actually quite admired her at first for giving a voice to the teenage Muslim girl.. even if some of the things she describes are not Islamic, she is not writing a moral guide but a novel..
My problem was when I found out a bit more about the author as a person. Now, I'm sure she is a lovely person or whatever and i'm don't want to make a judgement on her as a Muslim, but the woman does not wear hijab. that in itself wouldn't be a problem, but her books are about having pride in the scarf, not taking it off because of what people say etc etc and in an interview she said that she wore it when she was younger then knew that it would hinder her chances in becoming a lawyer and took the decision to not wear it anymore.
I can't respect a writer who is unable to stick by their own principles.

Yeah I met her and she didnt practise Islam, but Amal is based arround her own life you know growing up really.

[stephenoskie]

that sounds like a love story :p - she reverts not cas the guy right :p

No basically a guy her reverts to Islam, like goes away for a summer comes back to college a muslim. Theres this girl that see's it really and thinks omg whats he doin, she just becomes inspired and but she is very scared of what people think then in the end she finally does become muslim. they dont get together or get married, its just to show how hard it can be a revert and how much of a influence it can be.

some thing like that I had to figure every thing out it was just a quick idea. I have taken dibs and dabs experiences from Reverts i know.