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TORONTO OBSERVER: Interview with Toronto Star columnist Uzma Jalaluddin, author of Ayesha at Last
Interview with Uzma Jalaluddin, author of Ayesha at Last, a novel that has been optioned for a movie.

NPR: Code Switch Book Club, Summer 2019
A few of the great books that our listeners recommend for summer reading.

GBH – Book Club: Retelling Jane Austen
We’ve picked two of the latest versions for our April selection for “Bookmarked: The Under the Radar Book Club.”

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

LET THE QURAN SPEAK: Uzma Jalaluddin: Journey of a writer!
Uzma Jalaluddin is a mother, teacher, writer, and author of Aysha at last. A book that has recently been optioned for film by a major production house. Today, we talk to her about all she does!

EW: Get an exclusive first look at the buzzy romance Ayesha At Last
At last, American readers can get their first glimpse of Ayesha At Last, Uzma Jalaluddin’s highly anticipated romance coming to shelves next summer.

CBC LISTEN: Uzma Jalaluddin on Ayesha At Last
The Next Chapter with Shelagh Rogers: Uzma Jalaluddin on her debut novel Ayesha At Last

DEADLINE: Pascal Pictures Acquires Uzma Jalaluddin Novel ‘Ayesha At Last’
The novel, which was published in Canada and will debut in the U.S. next year, is a present day retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in a Muslim community in Toronto.

SHE DOES THE CITY: An Interview With Uzma Jalaluddin, Author Of Ayesha At Last, This Summer’s Must-read Book
Uzma Jalaluddin is Canadian writer who’s going places. The high school teacher/Toronto Star parenting columnist recently took on another job title: author.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Changing Face of Romance Novels
Uzma Jalaluddin’s debut novel, “Ayesha at Last,” takes place in a close-knit immigrant Muslim community in Canada, and features an outspoken Muslim heroine who falls for a more conservative Muslim man, a Darcy to her Lizzie Bennett.

YOUR MORNING: This book is a modern and Muslim spin on ‘Pride and Prejudice’
Author Uzma Jalaluddin is here to talk about the story of a close-knit Canadian Muslim community in her debut novel, ‘Ayesha at Last.’

CANADIAN LIVING: Our Top Summer Reads To Feed Your Literary Soul
This sweet debut novel ticks all the boxes for one of summer’s best reads: It’s smart, witty, romantic and utterly charming.

CBC: Uzma Jalaluddin’s novel Ayesha At Last subverts Muslim stereotypes in its look at romantic love
Uzma Jalaluddin is a teacher, parenting columnist and author based in Ontario. Her debut novel, Ayesha At Last, is the tale of a young Muslim woman who aspires to be a poet and must balance what her family expects of her with what she wants for herself.