Leila Aboulela

Writing as Refuge

AvBhakti Shringarpure

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Leila Aboulela rose to prominence in the first decade of the 21st century for her novels, short stories and radio plays that are anchored in a sensitive and complex exploration of ordinary Muslim women attempting to gain autonomy in a Western world that casts them as misfits. This biography explores Aboulela’s childhood and youth in Khartoum, her difficult migration to Scotland, and her unusual journey to becoming a writer. Shringarpure underscores the connections between Aboulela's life and her writing, and focuses on experiences that have been impetus and inspiration—not only as topics for her fiction, but as forces that drew her to finding her voice as a writer.Aboulela is claimed by many literary universes; from Sudanese and Scottish literature to Muslim women’s literature, African literature, and Black British writing. This book weaves together interviews, literary criticism, and explores key life events to assemble a vivid portrait of a unique Muslim woman writer from Sudan.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-09-28
Mått:138 x 216 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge African Writers
Antal sidor:168
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781032307985

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Bhakti Shringarpure is a writer and editor based in Paris. She is the author of Cold War Assemblages: Decolonization to Digital (2019) and co-author of India’s Imperial Formations: Cultural Perspectives (2024). She is the editor of the Decolonize That! book series and the anthologies Literary Sudans: An Anthology of Literature from Sudan and South Sudan (2016), Imagine Africa, Volume 3 (2017), Mediterranean: Migrant Crossings (2018), and Insurgent Feminisms: Writing War (2023). Shringarpure co-founded Warscapes magazine in 2011 which has since transitioned into the Radical Books Collective, an initiative that builds community and strengthens solidarities through conversations, events and podcasts on culture and politics.

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Introduction: Leila Aboulela Chapter 1: Settling Sudan: An Egyptian Story Chapter 2: Mothers and Daughters: A Khartoum Girlhood Chapter 3: Love and Faith, Faith and Love Chapter 4: Sudan Lost: The Voyage Out Chapter 5: Writing as Refuge Chapter 6: Sudan Regained: A Homecoming