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Leila Aboulela Quotes

- Writer | 1964 -

Sudan is not Arab enough for Arabs and not African enough for Africans.

Enough Sudan Arabs African Arab

That's what religion teaches: that life is a temporary thing which is going to dissolve one day.

Life Day Religion Life Is A One Day

I grew up in a very westernised environment and went to a private American school. But my personality was shy and quiet, and I wanted to wear the hijab but didn't have the courage, as I knew my friends would talk me out of it.

Courage Personality School Me Quiet

It was 1989, and the word 'Muslim' wasn't even really used in Britain at the time; you were either black or Asian.

Time Black You Asian Used Muslim

I was 24 years old and stuck in a strange place with two boisterous little boys, and my husband was working offshore on the oil rigs. It was a life for which I wasn't prepared.

Life Husband Place Strange Oil Old

My characters are not role-model Muslims, but they struggle to make choices using Muslim logic.

Struggle Choices Logic Make Muslim

I wasn't trained to write non-fiction.

Write Non-Fiction Trained

I read a lot of fiction.

Fiction Read Lot

My father married out of the family. I also married outside the family.

Family Father Outside Out Married

When you write about a Muslim woman, like I did with my previous novels - 'Minaret', for example, which is about a woman who starts to wear the hijab - it sets all the alarm bells ringing.

Woman You Write Wear Example Muslim

The coverage of Islam in the media is becoming more sophisticated, and there is more access to knowledge.

Knowledge Media Islam More Becoming

Many Arabic/Islamic words have now entered the English dictionary, such as haj, hijab, Eid, etc., and I no longer need to put them in italics or explain them.

Words Now Need Explain Dictionary

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