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Finding My Place
- Narrated by: Anne Aly
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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Finding My Place
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Publisher's Summary
The warm, funny and insightful story of growing up a brown Muslim girl in suburban Australia by the nation's best-dressed counterterrorism expert and MP.
Anne Aly was the first Australian Muslim woman, the first Egyptian-born woman and the first counterterrorism expert to be elected to Federal Parliament. She was also most probably the first parliamentarian to have seen Zoolander 23 times.
'What am I doing here?' she asked herself as she was sworn in with her hand on her father's copy of the Quran. It's a question the former professor has raised more than once since she arrived in Australia aged two bearing the name Azza Mahmoud Fawzy El Housseini Ali Al Serougi.
The answer is a fascinating and moving story of a Muslim girl growing up in suburban Australia in the '70s, when The Brady Bunch appeared to epitomise Western family life and girls like Anne danced the divide between the expectations and values of their parents' culture and that of their adopted land.
Told with warmth, humour and insight, Anne's book is an irresistible story by an irrepressible Australian woman who has already made her mark internationally and in public life.
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- Rob
- 27-04-2022
Captivating, sad yet uplifting. Brilliant!!
I found this book to be everything that anyone could want in a story. Not only a true story, but one told with an earthiness that the only makes the message stronger.
Forget about political correctness, this book is a warts and all tell all of the life of an amazing woman, who is capable throughout of airming for the jugular, at the same time as she places the bandaid of kindness on you.
Don't for a minute think Anne Ali is a politican. Anne is an AUSSIE, in the true sense of the word, very intelligent yet relatable, and more than capable of calling a spade a bloody shovel! Thank you Ann, I could not have hoped for a better booke, and wish you well with everything you do going forward.
I know it, and you, will be amazing.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-05-2018
must read
anne aly has written a wonderful book and her stories from her life are Timeless and very appropriate for today's times
I highly recommend this book
it's enjoyable it's funny it's insightfull it's great book
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- Anonymous User
- 30-01-2020
Great food for thought
Regardless of how much, or little, we have in common, we should think about this.
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- Tracey Gillett
- 19-05-2020
An Amazingly Heartfelt Story
This book is written by my friend and Federal MP, Dr Anne Aly. This is a true account of her life told honestly and openly and I suggest and recommend this book to all. It is an amazingly heartfelt account of the trials and tribulations us woman go through and how it affects us. Please read this book if you get the chance.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-09-2018
Loved it!
Such an interesting story of an inspiring, smart and funny woman. I felt I got so much more out of it having listened to the author narrating her own story too. Her sarcasm and wit is priceless.
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- Sleep Tech
- 04-05-2018
Inspiring!!
Thank you Dr. Anne Aly. This is in my top 5 Best Books. Beautifully written & read. I learnt so much & you have a wonderful sense of humour. Thoroughly enjoyed
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