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Faraz I lost my friend Marshall today...and I needed you there to talk to x
Kia Abdullah - Author
New blog post about the things that have shaped you as a person: http://www.kia-abdullah.com/blog/2009/06
Kia Abdullah - Author
Also: - The Muslims Writers Awards will be televised tonight (see bottom of http://www.booktrade.info/index.php/show
Kia Abdullah - Author
In case you missed the update: - The book is with the publishers now (though I suspect it will need another round of edits). Here's a tidbit about them on Asians in Media: http://www.asiansinmedia.org/2009/05/18/
Alice 'Gabii' Pavliukovaite hii, i know you don't know me but my friend Farhana Miah ( I think she said that u 2 r related ) she asked if I could find u on here nd i cudn't find aqnythin else so...i hope this is u...
Kia Abdullah - Author New blog update about weight gain: http://www.kia-abdullah.com/blog
Kia Abdullah - Author New blog update about race relations: http://www.kia-abdullah.com/blog/
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Guest appearance on the Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2: Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00
Nadia Adam Deacon BEST FAKKIIN BOOK IV EVA READ...DERS NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE HOW GOOD IT RELY WAS... I STARTD READIN IT AT 7PM YESDAII N FINISHD AT 2AM....IT WAS FAAKIN AMAZIN...I LOVE DA IT WAS GOT TO DO WID BENGALIIZ...U NEEED TO WRITE ANUVA BOOK..(inshallah)...AND A FILM WOULD BE AMAZINN...EVRY SENTENCE I READ I JUS WISHD I WUD B WACHIN IT INDA CINEMAS...IT WUD BE AN AMAZING FILM...JUS IMAGIN HW DA CHARECTER OF KIEREN LOOK SAME WITH SAFRAZ AND ZAHID...AMAZINGG BOOK =D
April 3 at 3:55am · Report
Kia Abedin hey
March 24 at 5:55am · Report
raniyah
Hey Kia, im very well thanks.x
Sorry not had time to post anything on Your wall, been abit tied up.
Looking forward to the book coming out in 'september' so glad You aint waiting till december....
anyway keep up the hard work and look forward to reading and hearing about You.xx
P.S Hope Your well and stress free!!!!xx
February 10 at 12:24pm · Report
Kia Abdullah - Author
New article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/
February 9 at 1:50am · Report
Anjli Gupta ps: Have you thought about debuting your book at tonguesonfire (google them) ... xx
February 8 at 4:19am · Report
Anjli Gupta
Hey Kia: I just read your blog update - Impefect love ... very thought provoking :) ... I suppose nothing can ever live upto the imagined illusions of love ... however i would like to cite my parents example of happiness (sad & cheesy) ... arranged, polar opposites, my dad is the most UN romantic man, my mum reads Mills & Boon novels to get her quota of love...
After 30 years together, i see abiding real everyday deep love ... i am not sure about many aspects (which i would rather not think about) of the relationship ... but i see something there which i aspire to possess some day ... compassion, trust, a meeting of 2 very different minds and a genuine desire to spend time with one another and compromise on one another's behalf ... yes they fight, but mostly (we the kids join in) and are part of the reason! That's love ... and the other stuff, that feels like butter sliding down hot hot toast ... that's just a bonus :)
Back to you: I would LOVE to read an excerpt of your new book
February 8 at 4:19am · Report
Stephen Weeks
Dear Kia
Good points well made during the Radio 2 broadcast. I'm becoming more impressed by the minute - and hope that isn't misconstrued as patronising(!)
Keep up the good work.
January 31 at 4:40am · Report
Kia Abdullah - Author
Guest appearance on the Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2:
Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00
(fast forward to 1:40:00)
Availabilty: Link active until Tuesday 3 February 2009.
Subject: Defending Danny Boyle et.al. with regards to accusations of child exploitation on Slumdog Millionaire.
January 29 at 11:51am · Report
Monsur Hi Kia, I haven't read your book yet but I'd like to. Brick Lane was awful and I didn't like White Teeth at all. good to see a bengali girl do well.
January 25 at 4:21am · Report
Kia Abdullah - Author New blog update: http://kia-abdullah.com/blog/index.html
January 20 at 12:18pm · Report
Kia Abdullah - Author
(continued from previous message)
> Raniyah
How are you? Progress is slow but I'm getting there. I've given myself a deadline of May 15th. It'll take a few months from there to hit the shelves. My publishers spoke about bringing it out later to hit the Christmas market but I don't think I want to compete with all the other tons of releases. I think September-ish should be ok.
> Zawar
Thanks for your message. I'm glad you agree with my sentiments. My 'It's Muslim men we must modernise' piece in the GUardian was a touch anti-male but I honestly do think that they have the power to bring about positive change. Here's hoping.
Kia x
January 14 at 2:38pm · Report
Kia Abdullah - Author
Hi lovely people,
Sorry I haven't checked in for a while. I'm sure you were all busy anyway with Christmas/New Year merriment (and subsequent back-to-work misery).
> Anjli
Thank you. The wedding was a bit of a disaster (discussed here: http://www.insidedesi.com/lifestyle/516/
> Stephen
Thank you for your support. Please, pedant away. I actually asked my publishers if I could have a group rather than a page (inviting friends to be members seems more palatable than asking them to become 'fans'!) but I was told that a page is more appropriate. I'm glad you enjoyed the piece in the Guardian.
January 14 at 2:37pm · Report
Zawar Malik
hi kia,
i must say having read about you in various articles on the web, i have found you to be a greatly intresting person. Having said that, i fully support your opinions for making muslim men modern. We are at this time passing from a time where political harmony among the muslims and the west is needed.
Muslims must realise that if we are to build ourselves we need to comply to the social norms of the society in which we live in.
Other than that, i hope on reading your books soon.
x
January 14 at 8:54am · Report
raniyah
Hey Kia hope your good.
Hows the progress going with book???
P.S looking forward to the launch of book wish it could bee sooner, but hey i understand got to be patient, as the saying goes "good things come to people who wait" lol.
Look forward to hearing from you soon.xx
December 14, 2008 at 3:21am · Report
Stephen Weeks
Probably feel more of a supporter than a fan at present (sorry to be a pedant), but was certainly impressed by the 'Face to faith' piece in the Guardian last Saturday.
So - yours, supportively.
December 4, 2008 at 4:10am · Report
After a disastrous wedding and a disastrous start to her honeymoon, Kia explains why she’s not braving the ‘home of the brave’ anytime soon… It was meant to be a small but classy wedding; 100 guests at a local venue enjoying a carefully selected menu from Gulshan Iqbal...
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Kia Abdullah - Author commented on their own note Face to Faith.
Oxbridge aspirations are often the stuff of dreams, I guess .. but a degree is a degree is a degree.
Regards, as always.