Leila Aboulela

Minaret

Sudanese woman torn between Islamic faith and desire for freedom

About the author

Leila Aboulela
Leila Aboulela

Sudanese novelist and short-story writer whose fiction explores the experience of Muslim women in Britain and in Sudan with unusual compassion and depth. Minaret and The Translator are her most celebrated works. She was the first winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing.

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