Where the Streets Had a Name

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Marion Llyod Books, 2009 - Juvenile Fiction - 227 pages
Hayaat's Palestinian grandmother dreams of returning to her farm in West Jerusalem, long ago occupied by Israeli settlers, and the heartbreak is killing her. In desperation, Hayaat makes the danerous and illegal journey across the towering new Wall that divides the Israeli and Palestinian people to bring back a piece of her family's old home. A story about life under occupation told from the perspective of a Palestinian teenager. It is a story of loss and sacrifice, and of excitement, family relationships, laughter - and of hope. A topical

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About the author (2009)

Randa Abdel-Fattah was born on July 6 1979 in Sydney Australia. She is an Australian Muslim writer of Palestinian and Egyptian decent. Her first novel Does My Head Look Big in This? was published in 2005. Abdel-Fattah studied a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Law at the University of Melbourne. During this time, she was the Media Liaison Officer at the Islamic Council of Victoria, a role that afforded her the opportunity to write for newspapers and engage with media institutions about their representation of Muslims and Islam. Abdel-Fattah was a passionate human rights advocate and stood in the 1998 federal election as a member of the Unity Party. Her book titles include: Ten Things I Hate about Me, Where the Streets Had a Name, Noah's Law and The Friendship Matchmaker. In 2015 her title Does My Head Look Big in This? will be adapted into a film.

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