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Boy vs Girl Author Talks About her New Book and Writing for Teens
Na’ima B. Robert is a South African Muslim woman and writer. She’s descended from the Scottish Highlanders on her father’s side and the Zulu people on her mother’s side and grew up in Zimbabwe. Coming from a rich and mixed background lead her to be interested in culture and the perceptions of Islam and Muslim culture.Her new book, Boy vs Girl was inspired when Robert became interested in “seeing the double standards between how boys are raised and how girls are raised, for example, boys going out at night and no one questioning them as to where they’re going and with whom, whereas with girls, they need to have a chaperone.” In an interview with Robert, she talks candidly about writing for young people and the challenges of being a young Muslim in a modern world.
Boy vs. Girl touches on some very sensitive issues, such as gang culture and drugs. Do you think that Muslims who are involved in gangs themselves would want to pick up a copy of this book?
I’m not quite sure. It depends on how much they read.
This book is a way of flagging up to the older generations that their sons are not safe out there. Faraz is vulnerable and his parents don’t know about his passion for art and his unsuitable friends. Teenagers lead a double life and parents are completely clueless about it.
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- Boy vs Girl by Na’ima bint Robert
EAN: 9781847800053
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