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2020.
New YA Fiction out next month: Hijab & Red Lipstick - Hashtag Press

Good morning,

Next month, the eagerly anticipated new YA fiction, Hjiab & Red Lipstick, will finally be released! The debut novel by Yousra Imran (from London, now living in Yorkshire), won the Hashtag Press 2020 competition, and after a challenging and unexpected year, the prize-winning team are ready to share this book with the world! We can send you a pre-proof PDF and paperbacks will be ready at the end of this month - let us know if we can send you a copy? Yousra is available for media interviews. Much of the book is inspired by her own real life story... 
Hijab & Red Lipstick provides a rare
 insight into life as a young British Muslim woman growing up between London and the Middle East. It is a tale of a woman's difficult quest to find herself, and a unique and unusual look into life in countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, where people's personal lives are rarely spoken about.


Thanks,

Helen Lewis

Director - Literally PR

www.literallypr.com

 

 

ADVANCE INFORMATION SHEET

Hijab & Red Lipstick

By Yousra S Imran 

Yousra won the Hashtag Press 2020 Competition in January 2020:http://www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-detail/yousra-s-imran-wins-hashtag-press-2020-competition

Hashtag Press won the People's Book Prize Publisher of the Year Award 2020

 

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"You cannot do anything in this country without my permission."

 

Being a teenager isn't easy. And it doesn't help when you have a mega strict Egyptian dad who tells you that everything is "haram" a.k.a. forbidden. All Sara wants to do is experiment with makeup, listen to the latest Destiny's Child single and read fashion magazines, but her dad's conservative interpretation of Islam makes it impossible. Things get even harder when her dad lands himself a job in the Arabian Gulf and moves Sara and her family to a country where the patriarchy rules supreme. In a country where you have to have your father's permission for everything, every door feels like it is being closed on Sara's future. In a desperate bid for freedom, Sara makes a judgement call that threatens to ruin their dysfunctional father-daughter relationship forever.

 

A picture containing cake, birthday, looking, decoratedDescription automatically generatedAn insight into life as a young British Muslim woman growing up between London and the Middle East, this is a tale of a woman's difficult quest to find herself, and a unique and unusual insight into life in countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, where people's personal lives are rarely spoken about.

 

About the Author

Yousra S Imran is an English-Egyptian hybrid who works and lives in West Yorkshire. She has been writing from the moment she learned how to hold a pen and works full time in marketing and events in the education sector.

 

Yousra grew up between the UK and the Middle East and has a BA Hons in International Relations. She is passionate about women's rights and gender justice. Yousra lives with her husband in Bradford, Yorkshire.

 

 

ESSENTIAL DETAILS

Title:Hijab & Red Lipstick

Author:Yousra S Imran

Genre:YA, Fiction

Publisher:Hashtag Press

Publication date:October 15 2020

Availability:Paperback, eBook, International distribution

ISBN:

Price: £7.99

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