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Leila Aboulela

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Leila Aboulela grew up in Khartoum, Sudan where she attended the Khartoum American School and Sister School. She graduated from Khartoum University in 1985 with a degree in Economics and was awarded her Masters degree in statistics from the London School of Economics. She lived for many years in Aberdeen where she wrote most of her works while looking after her family; she currently lives and lectures in Abu Dhabi.

She was awarded the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2000 for her short story The Museum and her novel The Translator was nominated for the Orange Prize in 2002, and was chosen as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times in 2006.

Leila Aboulela

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Leila Aboulela grew up in Khartoum, Sudan where she attended the Khartoum American School and Sister School. She graduated from Khartoum University in 1985 with a degree in Economics and was awarded her Masters degree in statistics from the London School of Economics. She lived for many years in Aberdeen where she wrote most of her works while looking after her family; she currently lives and lectures in Abu Dhabi.

She was awarded the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2000 for her short story The Museum and her novel The Translator was nominated for the Orange Prize in 2002, and was chosen as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times in 2006.

Books from Leila Aboulela

Minaret

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The Translator

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The Kindness of Enemies

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3.6/5 ( ratings)

Bird Summons

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Gods and Soldiers: The Penguin Anthology of Contemporary African Writing

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Coloured Lights

3.8/5 ( ratings)

The Museum

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Twenty Years of the Caine Prize for African Writing

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Extra Teeth - Issue One

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The 'I Am Woman' Anthology - Volume 1

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Amulets and Feathers: A Story from the collection, I Am Heathcliff

4.3/5 ( ratings)

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