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Khan, Rahla (19 July 2010), There's Way More to the World Than MTV, A1 Saudi Arabia News, retrieved 9 June 2011 She has appeared on BBC's Newsnight, GMTV and on several BBC radio stations. Her work has been published on Thrive Global, The Times Online and The Telegraph. She has been profiled in The Independent and Stylist Magazine and has been a regular guest on a variety of TV stations. Robert, Na'ima B. (1 June 2008), Amazing Glimpse Into Ordinary Yet Extraordinary Lives, The Guardian, retrieved 9 June 2011 Living Halal (5 April 2008), Facing the Challenges, Savoring the Triumphs: Life of a New Muslim, Ummah Wide Video, retrieved 10 June 2011 Rawe, Julie (29 April 2009), Book Review: From Somalia, With Love, Muslim Voices, retrieved 9 June 2011

Suleaman, Nasreen (5 November 2006), How Veil Remarks Reinforced Its Support, BBC News, retrieved 9 June 2011 Journey Through Islamic Art (Mantra Lingua, 2005, hardcover) ISBN 1-84444-350-7 ISBN 978-1-84444-350-5 Robert, Na'ima B. (18 April 2008), Inspiration in The Countryside From Somalia, With Love Blogspot, retrieved 9 June 2011 My Around the World Scrapbook (Tango Books, 2008, hardcover) ISBN 1-85707-702-4 ISBN 978-1-85707-702-5Robert's young adult fiction novel Boy vs. Girl includes the niqāb-wearing character, Auntie Najma. The Auntie Najma character has been both negatively and positively criticised as either an unrealistic portrayal or as a positive role-model for Muslim youth. [16] Robert has said that Auntie Najma, like the other characters, is an amalgamation of real sisters she knows personally. [17] Bibliography [ edit ] Picture books [ edit ] She was the founder of SISTERS Magazine and was Editor-in Chief for ten years, touching the lives of thousands of readers and launching the careers of dozens of writers.

Na'ima B Robert (born Thando Nomhle McLaren; 19 September 1977) is an author of multicultural literature and founding editor of the UK-based Muslim women's publication, SISTERS Magazine. Born in Leeds to a Scottish father and Zulu mother, both from South Africa, Robert grew up in Zimbabwe and attended university in England. She converted to Islam in 1998. Currently Robert divides her time between London and Cairo with her three daughters and two sons. Her husband Henry Amankwah died in April 2015.

Bovey Alhakawati, Nicole (29 April 2007), Book Review: From My Sisters' Lips, On Islam, retrieved 9 June 2011 As a trail-blazing author of over 20 diverse fiction titles for children and teens, as well as the bestselling memoir, ‘From My Sisters’ Lips’, Na’ima’s work has been read, studied, debated and translated multiple times, all around the world. Bryony Gordon (25 April 2005), That Muslim Woman Could be Happier Than You, The Telegraph, retrieved 9 June 2011 Robert, Na'ima B. (2006), From My Sisters' Lips, Bantam Books, ISBN 0-553-81717-5 ISBN 9780553817171, retrieved 9 June 2011 Over the past 20 years, Na’ima B. Robert has been telling stories and helping other women tell theirs.