Samina Ali

Samina Ali
BornHyderabad, India
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota
University of Oregon
GenreFiction
Notable workMadras on Rainy Days[1]
Notable awards2015 Prix du Premier Roman Etranger Award
Website
saminaali.net

Samina Ali is an American author and activist born in India.[2] Her debut novel, Madras on Rainy Days, won the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger award from France and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award in Fiction.[3]

Career

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She has served as the curator of Muslima: Muslim Women’s Art and Voices, a global, virtual exhibition for the International Museum of Women (IMOW), now part of Global Fund for Women.[4]

She is the co-founder of American Muslim feminist organization Daughters of Hajar.[5][6]

In 2017, she held a public intervention titled What does the Quran really say about a Muslim woman's hijab? at the Tedx of the University of Nevada, explaining the prurient basis of the hijab and the prohibition of the wearing of a bra by Muslim women. By 2020, the video had been viewed more than 8 million times.[7]

She is a blogger for HuffPost and The Daily Beast.[8][9]

Bibliography

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  • Madras on Rainy Days, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004, ISBN 9780374195625

Honors and awards

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In 2004, Samina received the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award in fiction.[10] One year later, Madras on Rainy Days was awarded the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger award in 2005,[11] and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award in fiction.[citation needed]

In July 2004, Madras on Rainy Days was chosen as a best debut novel of the year by Poets & Writers magazine, and she was featured on the cover in July/August 2004 issue.[12]

References

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  1. ^ Pandey, Dr. Mamta (2010). The great Indian novelists. Delhi: Kusal Pustak Sansar. p. 2. ISBN 978-81-88614-23-3.
  2. ^ "Samina Ali: Muslim Women and Digital Activism". Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies. University of Houston. 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  3. ^ Ali, Samina (27 May 2011). "Samina Ali: Liane Hansen: The Truth As We Speak It". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  4. ^ "International Museum of Women merged with Global Fund for Women in March 2014". IMOW. Archived from the original on 12 March 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  5. ^ Awad, Amal (18 December 2014). "Samina Ali: a woman's warrior". Aquila-Style. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Muslim women make some noise". The Economist. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  7. ^ What does the Quran really say about a Muslim woman's hijab?. YouTube. 2017. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Samina Ali". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  9. ^ "TDB - Samina Ali". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  10. ^ "Rona Jaffe Foundation Celebrates Ten Years of Honoring Women Writers". PW. 5 October 2004. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  11. ^ "Prix du Premier Roman Etranger". Prix-Litteraires. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  12. ^ "PW July/August 2004". Poets & Writers. July 2004. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
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