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Uzma Jalaluddin is the author of AYESHA AT LAST, a revamped Pride and Prejudice set in a close-knit Toronto Muslim community.

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Apr 08 2020

TORONTO OBSERVER: Interview with Toronto Star columnist Uzma Jalaluddin, author of Ayesha at Last

Centennial College journalism students interview Uzma Jalaluddin, a columnist for the Toronto Star and author of Ayesha at Last, a novel that has been optioned for a movie.

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Jun 20 2019

NPR: Code Switch Book Club, Summer 2019

A retelling of the classic Pride and Prejudice, Ayesha At Last is set in modern Toronto’s thriving Muslim community. Ayesha Shamsi is working as a substitute teacher as she pursues her real dream — spoken-word poetry — in the evenings. When she catches the eye of the rich boy across the street, sparks fly. They do not get along. At all. He thinks she’s too opinionated and independent. She thinks he’s too judgmental and rigid. This is a look at real, contemporary Muslim life from a Muslim point of view — eye-opening and wonderful. (KGB)

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Apr 05 2019

GBH – Book Club: Retelling Jane Austen

Jane Austen has more readers than many of the most popular novelists writing today. Which explains why legions of “Pride and Prejudice” fans can’t get enough of Austen’s original story, but also happily gobble up its many retellings. We’ve picked two of the latest versions for our April selection for “Bookmarked: The Under the Radar Book Club.”

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Feb 06 2019

DOG EARED: Uzma Jalaluddin on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice

Uzma Jalaluddin on why she keeps reading Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

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Feb 06 2019

CBC: The Next Chapter

-Vivek Shraya on “I’m Afraid of Men”
-Uzma Jalaluddin on “Ayesha At Last”
-Rachel Giese on “Boys: What it Means to Become a Man”
-Dogeared: Why Canisia Lubrin goes back to Dionne Brand’s Inventory
-Odd Job: Laurie Gelman on her summer as a fruit seller
-If You Like That…You’ll Love This: Victor Dwyer finds a Canadian companion to “Little Fires Everywhere” by Celeste Ng

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