Yassmin Abdel-Magied makes her first foray into fiction (original) (raw)

She's been an engineer, an essayist and a broadcaster, and now Yassmin Abdel-Magied has published her first novel.

You Must Be Layla is a book aimed at young readers, about a Sudanese girl who struggles to fit in to her new private school.

Abdel-Magied's hero Layla is smart, fiery and has a habit of saying what she thinks. So how similar is Layla to the author herself?

Credits

• Claire Nichols, Presenter
• Claire Nichols, Producer
• Sarah L'Estrange, Producer
• Rhiannon Brown, Executive Producer

Arts, Culture and Entertainment, Books, Author