Sara El Sayed Sara El Sayed i(16578138 works by)
Born: Established: 1995 Alexandria,
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Egypt,
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North Africa, Africa,
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Gender: Female
Heritage: Egyptian
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BiographyHistory

Sara El Sayed is an Egyptian-born Master of Fine Arts student, whose research focus is digital storytelling by migrant Egyptian women. In 2019, she was living in Brisbane. 

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y separately published work icon Muddy People Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2021 20454913 2021 single work autobiography

'A hilarious and heartwarming memoir of growing up and becoming oneself in an Egyptian Muslim family.

'Soos’ family is muddy. Their skin is brown – kids say Soos is mud-coloured. Their culture and religion are puzzling to those around them. In their white majority neighbourhood, Soos, Mohamed and Aisha are bullied by racists. Their parents are discriminated against at work.

'Soos, the baby of the family – her name means ‘little tooth’ – is working out how to balance her parents’ strict rules with having friendships, crushes and a normal teenage life. As her dad is diagnosed with leukemia, the cancer cells clouding his blood, she comes to see her parents as fallible, with morals based on a muddy logic. But they are also her strongest defenders.' (Publication summary)

2022 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards Queensland Premier's Award for a Work of State Significance
2022 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards Non-Fiction Book Award
2022 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year
2022 highly commended National Biography Award
2022 shortlisted APA Book Design Awards Best Designed Non Fiction Book designed by Alissa Dinallo.
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