CLIPPINGS
A selection of press clippings.
2022
Books + Publishing: CBCA 2022 Notable Books announced
The New Arab: Muslim women on how they’re breaking the bias this International Women’s Day
Africa Access: Listen, Layla review
2021
Guardian: Yassmin Abdel-Magied performs a new poem ahead of Guardian Australia's Book Club
Kirkus Reviews: Listen, Layla: A rich multicultural narrative
The New Arab: Listen, Layla: Coming-of-age as an African diasporic Muslim
Guardian: Report shows fourfold rise in minority ethnic characters in UK children’s books
Guardian: Guardian Australia’s Book Club: join us to celebrate the inaugural Australian Poetry Month
The Sydney Morning Herald: Yassmin Abdel-Magied: ‘I like finding pieces that have a bit of a story’
The Guardian: BBC under fire over 'strikingly hostile' interview of Muslim Council of Britain head
Books + Publishing: PRH acquires Abdel-Magied nonfiction book
Book Trust: Great Books Guide: For 10 to 11 year olds
The New Arab: The newsletters by women of colour that are making emails exciting again
Paperback snob: Listen, Layla book review
2ser book club: Listen, Layla book review (podcast)
School Library Journal: Listen Layla Starred Review
2020
IMDB News: Goalpost Pictures options Yassmin Abdel-Magied novels
Conde Nast Traveller: Traveller’s Tales (video)
New Statesman: The Best New Children’s Books for Now
Guardian: Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
iNews: 30 books for families to enjoy
ABC: After Harry Potter: Five children's books that celebrate diversity
Books + Publishing: Writers awarded OzCo international residencies for 2020–21
The Arts Desk: United Queendom, Kensington Palace review - rollicking royal tale
The Stage: United Queendom Review - an immersive history lesson
LoveReading: View on ‘You Must Be Layla’
2019
Bustle: Why Australia's "Most Hated Muslim" Turned To YA Fiction To Heal
Metro UK: Sudanese-Australian writer uses fiction to work through the trauma of Islamophobia
Middle East Eye: The best YA books: 10 Middle East authors worth reading
SBS: Yassmin Abdel-Magied: “I never thought I would be a fiction writer”
Metro UK: Muslims Who Fast: Yassmin shows us a ‘Sudanese-Australian combination iftar’
Sydney Morning Herald: New voices in young-adult fiction reviews
2018
The Feed SBS: Marc Meets Yassmin Abdel-Magied
The New Arab: ‘I came to heal’ - Yassmin Abdel-Magied on starting again in London
Girlboss: This Is The Imaginary Female-Run Government The World Needs Right Now
2017
Salon: The many identities of the digital-age activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Cheek Magazine: Yassmin Abdel Magied, la militante féministe passionnée de Formule 1
BE Collective Cultures: Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a Boss
BBC: The Anzac post, outrage, and a debate about race
Sydney Morning Herald: Yassmin Abdel-Magied on becoming 'Australia's most publicly hated Muslim'
2011
Sydney Morning Herald: Fired up to be the first female, Muslim F1 driver