Tag: Hijabi Man Booker Int Prize winner

By Aazeen Kirmani As soon as I came across a news piece about Jokha Alharthi winning the Man Booker the first thing I noticed about her was her hijab.  I had never read her any of her work before nor even heard of her. I had no idea who she was except that in the picture in front of me was a hijab-clad woman who had won the prestigious Man Booker. Every time a woman hijabi ends up on the top of her game hijabi women (including me) all around the...