Randa Abdel-Fattah

Randa Abdel-Fattah
Randa Abdel-Fattah is an Australian Muslim writer of Palestinian and Egyptian parentage. Randa was born in Australia and her debut novel, Does My Head Look Big in This?, was published in 2005...
NationalityPalestinian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth6 June 1979
CountryPalestine, State of
Randa Abdel-Fattah quotes about
behaves israel peace seems violent
It seems Palestinians can't win. The language of peace negotiations has always been predicated on a representation that Palestinians are violent and that is why Israel behaves as it does.
kindness giving people
Sometimes it's easy to lose faith in people. And sometimes one act of kindness is all it takes to give you hope again.
dont-change being-true ifs
What’s the good of being true to your religion on the outside, if you don’t change what’s on the inside,were it really counts ?
religious people generosity
Religious celebrations, and the good will, high spirits and generosity that mark them, are wonderful occasions for understanding the potential of 'everyday multiculturalism', and how people from diverse faiths can connect and show they care, rather than go down parallel, sometimes hostile, roads.
girl sisterhood hijab
there is more to this hijab than the whole modesty thing. These girls are strangers to me but I know that we all felt an amazing connection, a sense that this cloth binds us in some kind of universal sisterhood.
true-friend love-you imperfection
True friends are those who love you not in spite of your faults and imperfections, but because of them.
heart eye men
Once upon a time, a fisherman went out to sea. He caught many fish and threw them all into a large bucket on his boat. The fish were not yet dead, so the man decided to ease their suffering by killing them swiftly. While he worked, the cold air made his eyes water. One of the wounded fish saw this and said to the other: "What a kind heart this fisherman has- see how he cries for us." The other fish replied: "Ignore his tears and watch what he is doing with his hands.
expression faces facts
Spirituality is deeply personal. Yet, society has to face the fact that certain faiths celebrate spirituality through an overt expression of inner convictions.
towers horror cry
I couldn't stop bawling, watching the towers come down. it was a terrible thing to happen. And a terrible thing to realize that I don't sit though the nigh crying when such horrors happen all the time.
want causes looks
Everything is relative. If you want to understand a problem you look at its cause. You don’t look at its manifestation.
ignorance hair speak-english
Most Muslim women know it is fear and curiosity that cause people to stare. They know it is ignorance and stereotypes that cause people to suppose that a piece of material covering the hair strips a woman of the ability to speak English, pursue a career, work a remote control.
communication kids opposites
I wasn't rebellious. Other friends had far stricter parents and where there wasn't a relationship of respect and communication, they were usually the opposite; kids go to the other extreme.
kids writing writing-stories
I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories.
topics debate hypothesis
When you exist in the centre of a debate, as a topic, a hypothesis - otherised and stigmatised - you become the prop in a proposition.