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Leila Aboulela

Leila Fuad Aboulela (Arabic:ليلى فؤاد ابوالعلا) is a fiction writer, essayist, and playwright of Sudanese origin based in Aberdeen, Scotland. She grew up in Khartoum, Sudan, and moved to Scotland in 1990 where she began her literary career. Aboulela has published five novels and several short stories, which have been translated into fifteen languages. Her most popular novels, 'Minaret' (2005) and 'The Translator' (1999) both feature the stories of Muslim women in the UK and were long-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award and Orange Prize. Aboulela’s works have been included in publications such as Harper's Magazine, Granta, The Washington Post and The Guardian. BBC Radio has adapted her work extensively and broadcast a number of her plays, including 'The Insider', 'The Mystic Life', and the historical drama 'The Lion of Chechnya'.