And It’s When I’m Standing There This

My Family Are Observant Muslims, But I've Come To The Faith Through An Intellectual Conviction, And That's Something That They've Taught Me. It's Never Been Forced Upon Me. They've Given Me A Very Strong Identity As An Australian Muslim.

The Easiest Way For Readers To Connect With Characters And Feel Sympathy Is To Make The Character Entertaining, Sympathetic And Likeable.

When You Exist In The Centre Of A Debate, As A Topic, A Hypothesis - Otherised And Stigmatised - You Become The Prop In A Proposition.

One Of The First Serious Attempts I Made To Write A Novel Was When I Was In Grade 6 And I Had Read 'matilda.' I Wrote My Own Version And My Teacher Had It Bound And Permitted Me To Read It To The Class - Cementing My Love Of Reading, Writing And Roald Dahl!

It's Like One Of Those Scenes From A Feel-good Hollywood Movie. Where Everybody Is Happy And Nobody's Hair Fizzes In The Wind. Where It Doesn't Rain, Your Shoes Stay Comfortable All Day, And Everybody's Jokes Are Funny.