Hanifa Deen

Award-winning author who writes narrative non-fiction

BOOK TITLES:

• Award-winning Caravanserai: Journey Among Australian Muslims (1st Edition Allen & Unwin 1995, Revised 2nd edition Fremantle Arts Centre Press 2003)
• Broken Bangles; shortlisted -Western Australian Premier’s Award (Anchor book, Transworld Publishers 1998), (Penguin India 2003)
• The Crescent and the Pen; HDB (Praeger USA 2006)
• The Jihad Seminar shortlisted Australian Human Rights Commission, Non-Fiction Literary Award 2008 (UWA Publishing 2008)
• Ali Abdul v. The King (UWA Publishing, 2008)
• On the Trail of Taslima,(Indian Ocean Press 2013)
• Chpt. My Descent into Purple. Purple Prose anthology Liz Bryski & R.. Robertson (Fremantle Press 2016)

She is the Founding Editor of Sultana’s Dream an Online magazine written and produced by Australian Muslim women.

Her public service career has included: Hearing Commissioner, Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission; Board of Directors, Special Broadcasting Services (SBS) as well as government departments in WA and Victoria where she held senior positions—Deputy Commissioner Multicultural & Ethnic Affairs WA and Director Community Education at the inaugural Victorian Ethnic Affairs Commission.