Shakira Hussein Shakira Hussein i(A117800 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 Australia in Three Books Shakira Hussein , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 83 no. 4 2024; Meanjin Online 2024;
— Review of A First Place : The Mapping of a World David Malouf , 1985 single work prose ; Edenglassie Melissa Lucashenko , 2023 single work novel ; Book Review : Personal Score, Ellen Van Neerven Dorcas Maphakela , 2023 single work review 'The books I have selected are all connected to Meanjin—the location, not the literary journal. This is familiar territory for me: I grew up slightly north of Meanjin/Brisbane, on the stolen lands of the Kabi Kabi people in the hinterland of the area now known as the Sunshine Coast. It was an overwhelmingly white community in which a brown child with an ‘unusual’ name stood out like a sore thumb. ‘Greek? Italian? A little bit of Aboriginal?’ one of the town worthies asked.' (Introduction) 
1 Shakira Hussein Shakira Hussein , 2022 single work prose
— Appears in: We've Got This : Stories by Disabled Parents 2022; (p. 200-210)
1 An Appointment with Nurse Apocalypse Shakira Hussein , 2021 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 80 no. 1 2021;

'Nurse Apocalypse is a phlebotomist rather than a nurse, but I wasn’t familiar with that term when I first met him and I’m still not entirely sure how to pronounce it. Phlebotomist—bloodletter. But although the word doesn’t come naturally to my tongue, I’ve become very familiar with the process of phlebotomy over the past five years. I drink plenty of water ahead of time so that my blood will be easier to draw. I’ve exchanged personal histories with those staff at the pathology centre who are of visibly migrant background and have deflected the where-do-you-come-from question from most of the others.' (Introduction)
1 #Me Too and the Uneven Distribution of Trauma : On Intersectionality and #MeToo Shakira Hussein , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: #MeToo : Stories from the Australian Movement 2019;
1 #MeToo and the Uneven Distribution of Trauma Shakira Hussein , 2019 single work prose
— Appears in: Peril : An Asian-Australian Journal , June no. 35 2019;
1 Mothering in a Time of Fear Shakira Hussein , 2015 single work essay
— Appears in: Mothers & Others : Australian Writers on Why Not All Women Are Mothers and Not All Mothers Are the Same 2015; (p. 112-120)
1 Cross-cultural Meanderings Shakira Hussein , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 July 2015; (p. 22)
— Review of Good Muslim Boy Osamah Sami , 2015 single work autobiography
1 Nine-Eleven-Itis Shakira Hussein , 2011 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Griffith Review , Spring no. 33 2011; (p. 145-159) The Best Australian Essays 2011 2011; (p. 193-207)
1 Family Compromise in a Time of Upheaval Shakira Hussein , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30-31 August 2008; (p. 11)
— Review of Twilight Azhar Abidi , 2008 single work novel
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