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Yousra Imran

Born

London, The United Kingdom

Website

https://www.yousraimran.com/

Twitter

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Genre

Young Adult

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Here’s a bit about me
I’ve been writing ever since the moment I could hold a pen. I was always entering writing and poetry competitions at school - and won a fair few - and I even wrote the script for the end-of-year play when I was in Year 6!

Fast forward ten years later, and at the age of 20 I began to write articles for blogs, websites and glossy magazines while living in Qatar, and another decade later, at the ripe old age of 31, my first novel, Hijab and Red Lipstick, is being published in the UK by Hashtag Press. You can find out more about my writing experience on the Writing Services section of this website.

I am half English, half Egyptian, and was born and brought up in London, before moving to Qatar at the age of fourteen, where I l ...more

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Out of It by Selma Dabbagh

I’ve been meaning to read Selma Dabbagh’s novel Out of It for ages, and finally finished it last night, sad it was over. Dabbagh is a Palestinian British author and editor of anthology We Wrote in Symbols. Her writing is nothing short of beautiful and highly crafted, and always inspires me as a writer.

Out of It is set in Gaza in what appears to be the mid 2000’s, just before Hamas took over contro

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Hijab and Red Lipstick

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“I put my hijab back on, not because a man told me to, but because it’s symbolic of my identity as a Muslim woman, and of my efforts towards humbling myself before God.”
― Yousra Imran, Hijab and Red Lipstick

tags: coming-of-age, islam, young-adult

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“I’m not a better Muslim woman because of my hijab and I’m no worse of a Muslim woman without it. I’ll continue to wear my hijab with red lipstick. I’m finally free.”
― Yousra Imran, Hijab and Red Lipstick

tags: coming-of-age, islam, young-adult

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