Author: Leila Aboulela

Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

- 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

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