You Must Be Layla

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I loved the Arabic included within the text, seamlessly spoken as it would be within a family in Australia with English as a second language. Many phrases I knew because of my own growing Arabic, but mostly context covered it. Although I don't know what to do with the numbers in phonetic Arabic (I just found the glossary at the end, when I finished), even when I know the reasoning if it use. It was refreshing to have a book that added the bilingual way of many Aussie families. You Must Be Layla introduces Sudanese-born author, broadcaster, social advocate and mechanical engineer Yassmin Abdel-Magied as an exciting new voice in children's writing. About This Edition ISBN: This story was so engaging - although there was a time I wanted to throw this book at the wall because of the injustice Layla was facing, a lot of the story was vibrant and fun and a story you would read to cheer you up when you’re not having the best day.

This is a story told with humour and I enjoyed the way in which some serious issues were dealt with. I also loved Layla’s invention. I loved the ending, which draws together several of the themes: it seemed so appropriate, so hopeful (on most levels). And Layla learned that being the only hijabi is only one way of being different: others also have difficulty fitting in. Now, given the recent tragedy in New Zealand, there is no better time for children to read books like this one. What! Of all creatures, do you approach males and leave the spouses whom your Lord has created for you? Indeed, you are people transgressing (all limits)!' (Ash-Shu'araa: 165-166) This book reads like a school assignment that the author frantically tried to finish the night before.

Yassmin Abdel-Magied's You Must Be Layla is a tonic, and a terrific debut for 11+. Its narrator is (like its author) a Sudanese girl who has won a scholarship to a posh Australian school. Bossy, smart and brave, she has to face the students who have it in for her as the only Muslim. Underneath its buoyant humour is a timely wisdom about finding friends in an alien culture. Amanda Craig, New Statesman If you want to invent something nobody has ever thought of before, you need to read the things that others don't read, look in the spaces other people are not in...'

Sudanese-Australian activist Abdel-Magied's first novel is the sparkling tale of 13-year-old Layla, who moves to a new school, where she is the only pupil to wear a headscarf. In her first fiction book for young readers, writer, broadcaster and award-winning social advocate, Yassmin Abdel-Magied, gives us the inspiring and hopeful story of Layla. A Sudanese teenager in Australia, Layla is curious, adventurous and determined to learn anything and everything she can about the world. Her family moved to Australia from Sudan when her mother, a doctor, was offered a position at a Brisbane hospital, and things have been very different ever since. Lottery Corruption, U.S.A. is very unique as compared to any other book written about the lotteries. There’s more than enough data and information to convince the reader, that our state lotteries are definitely being manipulated and controlled, illegally. This book is informative, enlightening, educational, and entertaining, so enjoy reading it. Visit: https://www.authorhouse.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/846315-lottery-corruption-usa You Must Be Layla is a heart-warming story that will give young readers insight into the lives of migrants to Australia and the struggles with racism and identity that they grapple with. It also explores the pressure that students can be under from their parents to perform at school and how this can play out in very detrimental ways. Layla is a wonderfully warm and vibrant character who will stay with you long after you have finished reading her story. A perfect book to get young readers thinking more about issues in the playground and to the bigger world beyond it.Looking outside and in, Layla will need to come to terms with who she is and who she wants to be if she has any chance of succeeding. We need to reflect seriously on who we support and love because we will be with them on the Day of Ressurection. "You will be with those whom you love." (Bukhari and Muslim). I am sure you are aware that feminists love and support LGBTQIA+. They believe no one can tell a woman who she should love. Muslim feminists encourage teenage Muslims to accept LGBTQIA+ as normal. Other examples are Malala Yousefzai, and Riz Ahmed, who endorsed the pro-trans movie Joyland and said it should not be banned in Pakistan. Unfortunately, Magied has also joined the queer bandwagon.