- Hanifa Deen
Hanifa Deen (born 1941) is an award-winning
Australian writer and a Senior Research Fellow atMonash University . [cite web| title =Hanifa Deen | publisher =Monash University | url =http://arts.monash.edu.au/politics/cmmips/staff/hdeen.php | format =Web Faculty Bio
accessdate =2008-02-11 ] She has described how one of her grandfathers was a Kashmiri who jumped ship inMelbourne , while the other was a Panjabi hawker who came in the wake of the Afghan camel drivers, who helped to facilitate access to the Australian interior. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/relig/ark/stories/s949099.htm The Ark on Radio National ] ] Her non-fiction books have focused on issues concerningMuslim women. Her first book, "Caravanserai", portrayed the lives of Australian Muslim women. Her second book, "Broken Bangles", focused on Muslim women in South Asia (Pakistan ,India , andBangladesh ). "The Crescent and the Pen" described the journey of Taslima Nasreen, the author of the controversial novel "Lajja " ("Shame"), after she fled Bangladesh forEurope . [cite web| title =The Crescent and the Pen | publisher =Greenwood Publishing Group | url =http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/C9167.aspx | format =Web book review | accessdate =2008-02-11 ]References
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