Yassmin has published five books, most recently, Stand Up and Speak Out Against Racism (Walker, 2023) named a ‘Best Book of 2023’ by the School Library Journal (USA) and Guardian Australia. Previous books include the essay collection Talking About A Revolution (PRH, 2022), and two novels for younger readers, You Must Be Layla (Puffin, 2019) and Listen Layla (Puffin, 2021). Listen, Layla was longlisted for Book of the Year by The Children’s Book Council of Australia, as well as 2022 Honour Book for Children’s Africana Book of the Year by the Centre for African Studies at Howard University in the US.
In 2024, Yassmin was selected as an ITV’s Original Voices writer for the British soap Emmerdale. She is also developing a slate of projects for the stage and screen, including the television adaptation of her novels for Goalpost Pictures. In 2020, Yassmin co-wrote the sold-out immersive theatre production at Kensington Palace, United Queendom and has since been selected for artist residencies in Europe, Central America and the USA.
Yassmin has been a regular columnist with The New Arab and London’s Evening Standard. She has written for TIME, The Guardian, Observer Magazine, The New York Times, Times Literary Supplement, Index on Censorship, GQ, Vogue and more.
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