In today’s episode Elaine and Louise chat with the utterly incredible Yassmin Abdel-Magied. Yassmin is a writer, social advocate and engineer from Brisbane Australia. Her latest book Listen Layla is available in Australia and New Zealand and we are eagerly awaiting the UK release date. We cover everything from dealing with lockdown to unconscious bias, to not enough to not all men.
YASSMIN ABDLE-MAGIED
Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a Sudanese-Australian writer, broadcaster and award-winning social advocate with a background in mechanical engineering and boxing.
One of the 2020 LinkedIn Changemakers, Yassmin is a globally sought-after advisor on issues of social justice, focused on the intersections of race, gender and faith. In 2015 Yassmin received international acclaimed for her TED talk What does my headscarf mean to you.
Yassmin published her best-selling memoir, Yassmin's Story, with Penguin Random House at age 24, following up with her first novel for younger readers, You Must Be Layla, in 2019. The sequel, Listen Layla, is Her TV show Same Same, co-created with Tania Safi, was optioned for production by Little Dot Studios in 2019. In 2020, Yassmin co-write the sold-out immersive theatre production at Kensington Palace, United Queendom, and was awarded the prestigious Keesing Studio International Development Residency by the Australia Council. At 16 years old Yassmin found Youth With out Borders.
It is clear to all what a powerhouse this amazing woman is.
Website: yassminam.com
Twitter: @yassmina
Instagram: @yassminam
Youtube: TEDTalk
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