She saw the gaps in discussion around ageing and sickness. On a mission to help her father and support her mother, Amal began spending every Friday with her parents. Work had always made him feel whole, and retirement was a challenge. It was a shock to see the impact it had on him, both physically and mentally, and the way the side effects trickled on to those around him. The Council for Australian-Arab Relations (CAAR), which is part of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, supported Amal's international travel to interview many of the women featured in her book.Amal Awad’s life changed when her father was diagnosed with kidney failure. Her next book, Beyond Veiled Clichés, explores the lives of Arab women. Amal also contributed to the anthology Coming of Age: Growing up Muslim in Australia (2014). She is also the author of the novel, This Is How You Get Better (2015) and a collection of columns and essays, The Incidental Muslim (2014). Amal has also worked as a producer for ABC Radio National, which included producing and presenting segments that explored experiences of multiculturalism and religion.Īmal's debut novel, Courting Samira (2010), was a semi-finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. She has written for such publications as ELLE and Frankie, and online portals Daily Life, The Vine, Sheilas and Junkee. Amal is a screenwriting graduate of AFTRS, and a regular contributor to SBS Life. She abandoned her career as a lawyer early in her practice to pursue writing.
She set out to interview women of Arab heritage from both the Middle East and in Australia, as a Palestinian-Australian woman herself.Īmal Awad talks about the fascination with Arab women and their lives the misconceptions that abound and how Arab women respond in her upcoming book, Beyond Veiled Clichés - The Real Lives of Arab Women.Īmal Awad is a Sydney-based journalist, author and screenwriter. Amal Awad was tired of seeing books that explored the lives of Arab women from a western perspective.
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