Author: Leila Aboulela

Quotes

When I was growing up, we spoke Egyptian, we ate Egyptian food, we had other Egyptian friends. It was my father's preference.

When I was growing up, we spoke Egyptian, we ate Egyptian food, we had other Egyptian friends. It was my father's preference.

- Leila Aboulela

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.

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.

- Leila Aboulela

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

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

- Leila Aboulela

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

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

- Leila Aboulela

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

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

- Leila Aboulela

My faith was started off by my grandmother and mother, and so I always saw it as a very private, personal thing.

My faith was started off by my grandmother and mother, and so I always saw it as a very private, personal thing.

- Leila Aboulela

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