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Leila Aboulela quotes: All my life I had been living. How to imagine any other state?

All my life I had been living. How to imagine any other state?

Leila Aboulela quotes: I must settle for freedom in this modern time

I must settle for freedom in this modern time

Leila Aboulela quotes: I like talking to you,' he said, slowly.'Why?' That was the way to hear nice things. Ask why.

I like talking to you,' he said, slowly.
'Why?' That was the way to hear nice things. Ask why.

Leila Aboulela quotes: I'm not middle-class; I do not have a degree. I am upper-class without money.

I'm not middle-class; I do not have a degree. I am upper-class without money.

Leila Aboulela quotes: What ages you faster, suffering or experience?

What ages you faster, suffering or experience?

Leila Aboulela quotes: Control yourself, it is not worth it. You will regret your rudeness afterwards, your sensitive nature will be troubled

Control yourself, it is not worth it. You will regret your rudeness afterwards, your sensitive nature will be troubled

Leila Aboulela quotes: 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 quotes: The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, said, When Allah loves a people, He tries them.

The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, said, When Allah loves a people, He tries them.

Leila Aboulela quotes: 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 quotes: I wasn't trained to write non-fiction.

I wasn't trained to write non-fiction.

Leila Aboulela quotes: My characters are not role-model Muslims, but they struggle to make choices using Muslim logic.

My characters are not role-model Muslims, but they struggle to make choices using Muslim logic.

Leila Aboulela quotes: I wanted to be good but I wasn't sure if I was prepared

I wanted to be good but I wasn't sure if I was prepared

Leila Aboulela quotes: Sudan is not Arab enough for Arabs and not African enough for Africans.

Sudan is not Arab enough for Arabs and not African enough for Africans.

Leila Aboulela quotes: Allah tests our patience and our fortitude. He tests out strength of faith. be patient and there will endless rewards for you, insha'Allah - Utaz Badr

Allah tests our patience and our fortitude. He tests out strength of faith. be patient and there will endless rewards for you, insha'Allah - Utaz Badr

Leila Aboulela quotes: 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 quotes: 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 quotes: The blow, inevitable in itself, comes straight from the source without any intermediaries.

The blow, inevitable in itself, comes straight from the source without any intermediaries.

Leila Aboulela quotes: I read a lot of fiction.

I read a lot of fiction.

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 quotes: 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 quotes: Words on a page were seductive, free, inviting everyone, without distinction.

Words on a page were seductive, free, inviting everyone, without distinction.