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Desi Girl by Sarah Malik - Book Launch

Fri, 02 Sept

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Better Read Than Dead

Join Sarah Malik and Neha Kale in-conversation to celebrate the release of Desi Girl.

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Desi Girl by Sarah Malik - Book Launch
Desi Girl by Sarah Malik - Book Launch

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02 Sept 2022, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Better Read Than Dead, 265 King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia

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Desi Girl: On feminism, race, faith and belonging.

A collection of fascinating memoir-style essays about coming of age and finding your feet as a second-generation Australian Muslim.

As a Pakistani-Australian teenager growing up in western Sydney, Sarah Malik came of age in the shadow of September 11. At the age of twenty, she moved out of home to begin her life as a university student, Muslim feminist and journalist.

In this energetic and timely book, Walkley Award-winner Malik dissects the many layers of identity that have shaped her, from faith to feminism, race and class. While navigating religion and family, forging a career in media and looking for a home of her own, Sarah lays bare the complexities of living between different worlds. She shares stories of working in a newsroom in the age of Islamophobia, studying Arabic in Jordan, mastering the art of swimming, loving Jane Austen, and her…

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