![]() To me, coming from a non-monochrome and mixed background is the norm. Then I moved to the UK and married my husband, who is half-Sudanese and half-British. ![]() During my childhood in Sudan, I was influenced by a country, the culture of which is in a constant struggle between being African and Arab. I grew up in a house filled with differences, even though both of my parents were Muslims, Arab and African. ![]() My mother is Egyptian, my father Sudanese. From a storytelling perspective, such complexity can be quite challenging. In "Minaret", readers are confronted with complex characters whose identity along the lines of class, gender and religiousness is challenged and formed over time and space. In-betweenness and identity formation are two recurrent themes of your work. ![]()
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