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	In July 2004, Madras on Rainy Days was chosen as a best debut novel of the year by [[Poets & Writers]] magazine.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.pw.org/content/julyaugust_2004 \| title=PW July/August 2004 \| publisher=[[Poets & Writers]] \| accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref>		In July 2004, Madras on Rainy Days was chosen as a best debut novel of the year by [[Poets & Writers]] magazine.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.pw.org/content/julyaugust_2004 \| title=PW July/August 2004 \| publisher=[[Poets & Writers]] \| accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref>

	In 2017, she held a public intervention titled ''What does the Quran really say about a Muslim woman's [[hijab]]?'' at the [[Tedx]] of the [[University of Nevada]]. By 2020 the video had been viewed more than 7 million times.<ref>{{cite video\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J5bDhMP9lQ\|title=What does the Quran really say about a Muslim woman's hijab?\|year=2017\|website=~~Yotube~~}}</ref>		In 2017, she held a public intervention titled ''What does the Quran really say about a Muslim woman's [[hijab]]?'' at the [[Tedx]] of the [[University of Nevada]]. By 2020 the video had been viewed more than 7 million times.<ref>{{cite video\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J5bDhMP9lQ\|title=What does the Quran really say about a Muslim woman's hijab?\|year=2017\|website=Youtube}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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{{Short description|American author and activist}}
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{{Infobox writer 
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'''Samina Ali''' is an American author and activist. She serves as the curator of ''Muslima: Muslim Women’s Art and Voices,'' a global, virtual exhibition for the [[International Museum of Women]] (IMOW), now part of [[Global Fund for Women]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.imow.org/about | title=International Museum of Women merged with Global Fund for Women in March 2014 | publisher=IMOW | accessdate=28 February 2015 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312034558/http://www.imow.org/about | archivedate=12 March 2015 }}</ref> She is the co-founder of American Muslim feminist organization ''Daughters of Hajar''.<ref name="as1">{{cite web | url=http://www.aquila-style.com/focus-points/mightymuslimah/samina-ali-womans-warrior/90365/ | title=Samina Ali: a woman's warrior | publisher=Aquila-Style | date=18 December 2014 | accessdate=26 February 2015 | author=Awad, Amal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2013/04/qa-samina-ali | title=Muslim women make some noise | publisher=[[The Economist]] | date=19 April 2013 | accessdate=26 February 2015}}</ref> Her [[debut novel]], ''[[Madras on Rainy Days]]'', was awarded the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger award from France and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/red-room/samina-ali-liane-hansen-t_b_867816.html | title=Samina Ali: Liane Hansen: The Truth As We Speak It | work=The Huffington Post | date=27 May 2011 | accessdate=26 February 2015 | author=Ali, Samina}}</ref> She is a [[blogger (person)|blogger]] for [[The Huffington Post]] and [[Daily Beast]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samina-ali/ | title=Samina Ali | work=The Huffington Post | accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/contributors/samina-ali.html | title=TDB - Samina Ali | accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref>

==Bibliography==

Samina Ali wrote ''[[Madras on Rainy Days]]'', [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]], 2004, {{ISBN|9780374195625}}

==Awards and recognition==

In 2004, Samina received the [[Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award]] in fiction.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pw.org/content/rona_jaffe_foundation_celebrates_ten_years_honoring_women_writers | title=Rona Jaffe Foundation Celebrates Ten Years of Honoring Women Writers | publisher=PW | date=5 October 2004 | accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref> ''Madras on Rainy Days'' was awarded the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger award in 2005,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.prix-litteraires.net/prix/217,prix-du-premier-roman-etranger.html | title=Prix du Premier Roman Etranger | publisher=Prix-Litteraires | accessdate=26 February 2015}}</ref> and was a finalist for the [[PEN/Hemingway Award]] in fiction.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}

In July 2004, Madras on Rainy Days was chosen as a best debut novel of the year by [[Poets & Writers]] magazine.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pw.org/content/julyaugust_2004 | title=PW July/August 2004 | publisher=[[Poets & Writers]] | accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref>

In 2017, she held a public intervention titled ''What does the Quran really say about a Muslim woman's [[hijab]]?'' at the [[Tedx]] of the [[University of Nevada]]. By 2020 the video had been viewed more than 7 million times.<ref>{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J5bDhMP9lQ|title=What does the Quran really say about a Muslim woman's hijab?|year=2017|website=Yotube}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.saminaali.net}}

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