Randa Abdel-Fattah

Randa Abdel-Fattah is an ARC Future Fellow at Macquarie University researching Arab and Muslim activism and social movements in Australia from the 1970s to date. She is also a former lawyer and the multi-award-winning author of 13 books for children and young adults, published and translated in over 20 countries. Her latest novel, Discipline, published by University of Queensland Press, has won the Victorian Premier's People's Choice Award and been shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Multicultural NSW Award, whilst also being longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, despite attempts to have it cancelled. 

Randa Abdel-Fattah adalah seorang ARC Future Fellow di Macquarie University yang meneliti aktivisme Arab dan Muslim serta gerakan sosial di Australia dari tahun 1970-an hingga saat ini. Dia juga merupakan mantan pengacara dan penulis pemenang berbagai penghargaan dari 13 buku untuk anak-anak dan remaja, yang telah diterbitkan dan diterjemahkan di lebih dari 20 negara. Novel terbarunya, Discipline, diterbitkan oleh University of Queensland Press, telah memenangkan Victorian Premier's People's Choice Award dan masuk daftar pendek untuk NSW Premier's Literary Multicultural NSW Award, sekaligus masuk daftar panjang untuk Miles Franklin Literary Award, meskipun ada upaya untuk membatalkannya.