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'''Samina Ali''' is an American author and activist. Samina serves as the curator of ''Muslima: Muslim Women’s Art and Voices,'' a global, virtual exhibition for the [[International Museum of Women]] (IMOW), now part of [[Global Fund for Women]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.imow.org/about | title=International Museum of Women merged with Global Fund for Women in March 2014 | publisher=IMOW | accessdate=28 February 2015 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312034558/http://www.imow.org/about | archivedate=12 March 2015 }}</ref> She is the co-founder of American Muslim feminist organization ''Daughters of Hajar''.<ref name="as1">{{cite web | url=http://www.aquila-style.com/focus-points/mightymuslimah/samina-ali-womans-warrior/90365/ | title=Samina Ali: a woman's warrior | publisher=Aquila-Style | date=18 December 2014 | accessdate=26 February 2015 | author=Awad, Amal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2013/04/qa-samina-ali | title=Muslim women make some noise | publisher=[[The Economist]] | date=19 April 2013 | accessdate=26 February 2015}}</ref> Her [[debut novel]], ''[[Madras on Rainy Days]]'', was awarded the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger award from France and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/red-room/samina-ali-liane-hansen-t_b_867816.html | title=Samina Ali: Liane Hansen: The Truth As We Speak It | work=The Huffington Post | date=27 May 2011 | accessdate=26 February 2015 | author=Ali, Samina}}</ref> She is a [[blogger (person)|blogger]] for [[The Huffington Post]] and [[Daily Beast]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samina-ali/ | title=Samina Ali | work=The Huffington Post | accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/contributors/samina-ali.html | title=TDB - Samina Ali | accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref>
'''Samina Ali''' is an American author and activist born in India.<ref>{{cite news |title=Samina Ali: Muslim Women and Digital Activism |url=https://www.uh.edu/class/ws/news/event-page/2016/muslim-women-and-digital-activism/ |access-date=12 July 2021 |work=Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies |publisher=University of Houston |date=2016}}</ref> Her [[debut novel]], ''[[Madras on Rainy Days]]'', won the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger award from France and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award in Fiction.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/red-room/samina-ali-liane-hansen-t_b_867816.html | title=Samina Ali: Liane Hansen: The Truth As We Speak It | work=The Huffington Post | date=27 May 2011 | accessdate=26 February 2015 | author=Ali, Samina}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Career==
She has served as the curator of ''Muslima: Muslim Women’s Art and Voices,'' a global, virtual exhibition for the [[International Museum of Women]] (IMOW), now part of [[Global Fund for Women]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.imow.org/about | title=International Museum of Women merged with Global Fund for Women in March 2014 | publisher=IMOW | accessdate=28 February 2015 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312034558/http://www.imow.org/about | archivedate=12 March 2015 }}</ref>


She is the co-founder of American Muslim feminist organization ''Daughters of Hajar''.<ref name="as1">{{cite web | url=http://www.aquila-style.com/focus-points/mightymuslimah/samina-ali-womans-warrior/90365/ | title=Samina Ali: a woman's warrior | publisher=Aquila-Style | date=18 December 2014 | accessdate=26 February 2015 | author=Awad, Amal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2013/04/qa-samina-ali | title=Muslim women make some noise | publisher=[[The Economist]] | date=19 April 2013 | accessdate=26 February 2015}}</ref>
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Samina Ali wrote ''[[Madras on Rainy Days]]'', [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]], 2004, {{ISBN|9780374195625}}


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In 2017, she held a public intervention titled ''What does the Quran really say about a Muslim woman's hijab?'' at the [[Tedx]] of the [[University of Nevada]], explaining the prurient basis of the hijab and the prohibition of the wearing of a bra by Muslim women. By 2020, the video had been viewed more than 8 million times.<ref>{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J5bDhMP9lQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/_J5bDhMP9lQ |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=What does the Quran really say about a Muslim woman's hijab?|year=2017|website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
==Awards and recognition==


In 2004, Samina received the [[Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award]] in fiction.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pw.org/content/rona_jaffe_foundation_celebrates_ten_years_honoring_women_writers | title=Rona Jaffe Foundation Celebrates Ten Years of Honoring Women Writers | publisher=PW | date=5 October 2004 | accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref> One year later, ''Madras on Rainy Days'' was awarded the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger award in 2005,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.prix-litteraires.net/prix/217,prix-du-premier-roman-etranger.html | title=Prix du Premier Roman Etranger | publisher=Prix-Litteraires | accessdate=26 February 2015}}</ref> and was a finalist for the [[PEN/Hemingway Award]] in fiction.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}
She is a [[blogger (person)|blogger]] for ''[[HuffPost]]'' and ''[[The Daily Beast]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samina-ali/ | title=Samina Ali | work=The Huffington Post | accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/contributors/samina-ali.html | title=TDB - Samina Ali | website=[[The Daily Beast]] | accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
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In July 2004, Madras on Rainy Days was chosen as a best debut novel of the year by [[Poets & Writers]] magazine. The magazine featured Samina on the cover in July/August 2004 issue.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pw.org/content/julyaugust_2004 | title=PW July/August 2004 | publisher=[[Poets & Writers]] | accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref>
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* ''[[Madras on Rainy Days]]'', [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]], 2004, {{ISBN|9780374195625}}

==Honors and awards==
In 2004, Samina received the [[Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award]] in fiction.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pw.org/content/rona_jaffe_foundation_celebrates_ten_years_honoring_women_writers | title=Rona Jaffe Foundation Celebrates Ten Years of Honoring Women Writers | publisher=PW | date=5 October 2004 | accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref> One year later, ''Madras on Rainy Days'' was awarded the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger award in 2005,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.prix-litteraires.net/prix/217,prix-du-premier-roman-etranger.html | title=Prix du Premier Roman Etranger | publisher=Prix-Litteraires | accessdate=26 February 2015}}</ref> and was a finalist for the [[PEN/Hemingway Award]] in fiction.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}


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In July 2004, ''Madras on Rainy Days'' was chosen as a best debut novel of the year by ''[[Poets & Writers]]'' magazine, and she was featured on the cover in July/August 2004 issue.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pw.org/content/julyaugust_2004 | title=PW July/August 2004 | date=July 2004 | publisher=[[Poets & Writers]] | accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref>
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In 2017, she held a public intervention titled ''What does the Quran really say about a Muslim woman's [[hijab]]?'' at the [[Tedx]] of the [[University of Nevada]], explaining the prurient basis of the hijab and the prohibition of the wearing of a bra by Muslim women. By 2020 the video had been viewed more than 7 million times.<ref>{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J5bDhMP9lQ|title=What does the Quran really say about a Muslim woman's hijab?|year=2017|website=Yotube}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Samina Ali
BornHyderabad, India
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota
University of Oregon
GenreFiction
Notable workMadras on Rainy Days[1]
Notable awards2015 Prix du Premier Roman Etranger Award
Website
saminaali.net

Samina Ali is an American author and activist born in India.[2] Her debut novel, Madras on Rainy Days, won the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger award from France and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award in Fiction.[3]

Career

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She has served as the curator of Muslima: Muslim Women’s Art and Voices, a global, virtual exhibition for the International Museum of Women (IMOW), now part of Global Fund for Women.[4]

She is the co-founder of American Muslim feminist organization Daughters of Hajar.[5][6]

In 2017, she held a public intervention titled What does the Quran really say about a Muslim woman's hijab? at the Tedx of the University of Nevada, explaining the prurient basis of the hijab and the prohibition of the wearing of a bra by Muslim women. By 2020, the video had been viewed more than 8 million times.[7]

She is a blogger for HuffPost and The Daily Beast.[8][9]

Bibliography

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  • Madras on Rainy Days, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004, ISBN 9780374195625

Honors and awards

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In 2004, Samina received the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award in fiction.[10] One year later, Madras on Rainy Days was awarded the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger award in 2005,[11] and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award in fiction.[citation needed]

In July 2004, Madras on Rainy Days was chosen as a best debut novel of the year by Poets & Writers magazine, and she was featured on the cover in July/August 2004 issue.[12]

References

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  1. ^ Pandey, Dr. Mamta (2010). The great Indian novelists. Delhi: Kusal Pustak Sansar. p. 2. ISBN 978-81-88614-23-3.
  2. ^ "Samina Ali: Muslim Women and Digital Activism". Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies. University of Houston. 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  3. ^ Ali, Samina (27 May 2011). "Samina Ali: Liane Hansen: The Truth As We Speak It". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  4. ^ "International Museum of Women merged with Global Fund for Women in March 2014". IMOW. Archived from the original on 12 March 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  5. ^ Awad, Amal (18 December 2014). "Samina Ali: a woman's warrior". Aquila-Style. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Muslim women make some noise". The Economist. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  7. ^ What does the Quran really say about a Muslim woman's hijab?. YouTube. 2017. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Samina Ali". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  9. ^ "TDB - Samina Ali". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  10. ^ "Rona Jaffe Foundation Celebrates Ten Years of Honoring Women Writers". PW. 5 October 2004. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  11. ^ "Prix du Premier Roman Etranger". Prix-Litteraires. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  12. ^ "PW July/August 2004". Poets & Writers. July 2004. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
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