Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Talking About a Revolution (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This engaging collection really does show a mind at work, as Yassmin contemplates an alluringly diverse range of subjects, from Boris Johnson's 'brownwashed' cabinet to the 'carceral logic' that defines so much modern discourse to her own personal evolution from a young brown Muslim activist from Brisbane to the London-based self-identifying Black woman global activist and thinker she has become.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House Australia
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781761044601
• Artikelnr.: 63455709

Autorenporträt

Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a Sudanese Australian writer, recovering mechanical engineer and award-winning social advocate who writes and speaks on politics, society, culture and technology. She has published three books with Penguin Random House, including two middle grade novels (You Must Be Layla and the award-winning Listen, Layla), which she is now adapting for screen. Yassmin is also developing a slate of projects for the stage and screen.
A globally sought-after adviser on issues at the intersections of race, gender and faith, Yassmin has spoken in over twenty-five countries on social justice and inclusive leadership. She founded her first organisation, Youth Without Borders, at the age of sixteen, leading it for nine years before co-founding two other organisations focused on serving women of colour. Her TED talk 'What does my headscarf mean to you?' has been viewed over 2.5 million times and was selected as one of TED's top 10 ideas.
In all her work, Yassmin is an advocate for transformative justice and a fairer, safer world for all.