ten things i hate about me by randa abdel fattah

For all the defining details, Jamilah is a character teens will readily relate to. Listen to Ten Things I Hate About Me by Randa Abdel-Fattah available from Rakuten Kobo. On the other hand, the author brings a welcome sense of humor to Jamilah's insights about her culture, and she is equally adept at more delicate scenes, for example, Jamilah's father recounting memories of Jamilah's mother. Randa Abdel-Fattahs first novel, Does My Head Look Big in This, was an instant bestseller in Australia. Buy Ten Things I Hate About Me Unabridged by Abdel-Fattah, Randa, Macauley, Rebecca (ISBN: 0001489087575) from Amazons Book Store. ) follows a predictable pattern and uses familiar devices, such as the understanding teacher (“If don't know the real you, then you've already lost them”). Abdel-Fattah ( Does My Head Look Big in This? Tensions at home and school culminate when the band she plays in at her madrassa (Islamic school) is hired to perform at her 10th-grade formal. Passing as “Jamie” is fraught with difficulties: she can't invite friends to her house, lies to cover up her widower dad's strict rules and reveals her true self only to an anonymous boy she meets online (her e-mail address is “Ten_Things_I_Hate_About_Me”). Jamilah Towfeek hides her Lebanese-Muslim background from the other kids at her Australian school “to avoid people assuming I fly planes into buildings as a hobby.” She dyes her hair blonde, wears blue contacts and stands by when popular kids make racist remarks.

Ten things i hate about me by randa abdel fattah