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Chimene or Chimène
Suleyman is a writer from London of
Northern Cypriot descent, who has written on the politics of race and immigration in media including ''
The Guardian
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'', ''
The Independent
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'', the
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NPR
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, and co-edited ''
The Good Immigrant USA'' in 2019.
Personal life
Suleyman was born in London, but her father's family are from
Northern Cyprus
Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC; tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, ''KKTC''), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, isl ...
. She has written about her grandfather's death in 1964, when he was tortured and killed by soldiers, and his body, with a dozen others, seen in a much-reproduced photograph.
Literary career
Along with
Dylan Sage, Suleyman created the monthly spoken-word event "Kid, I Wrote Back" in London, which ran from 2010 until at least 2013.
In 2014, a writer on sexism called
Laura Bates
Laura Bates (born 27 August 1986, Oxford) is an English feminist writer. She founded the Everyday Sexism Project website in April 2012. Her first book, ''Everyday Sexism'', was published in 2014.
Biography
Bates' parents are Diane Elizabet ...
chose Suleyman's poetry collection '' Outside Looking On''
as one of her "best books" of the year, saying that it "presents startlingly perceptive snapshots of human experience, delving powerfully into themes that range from big-city loneliness and longing, to prejudice and love".
In 2017, Suleyman was a contributor to the crowdfunded publication ''
The Good Immigrant
''The Good Immigrant'' is an anthology of twenty-one essays edited by Nikesh Shukla and first published by Unbound in the UK in 2016 after a crowd-funding campaign endorsed by celebrities. Written by British authors who identify as BAME (Black, A ...
'', and in 2019 contributed to and co-edited its sequel, ''The Good Immigrant USA''.
In 2021, Suleyman,
Monisha Rajesh
Monisha Rajesh (born 1982) is a British journalist and travel writer.
Early life
Rajesh was born in Norfolk, England, the child of two Indian doctors. The family moved from Sheffield to Madras, India, in 1991. After two years, "fed up with soap ...
and professor
Sunny Singh criticised aspects of
Kate Clanchy
Kate Clanchy MBE (born 1965 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a British poet, freelance writer and teacher.
Early life
She was born in 1965 in Glasgow to medieval historian Michael Clanchy and teacher Joan Clanchy (née Milne). She was educated at Ge ...
's ''Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me'' and the response to their criticism.
Suleyman said: "Despite being accomplished writers and teachers on structural racism and colonialism, Professor Sunny Singh, author Monisha Rajesh, and myself became invisible to authors who endorsed this book, speaking only with white authors, whilst simultaneously expressing denigrating racially charged views of us."
Selected publications
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References
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21st-century British women writers
British people of Turkish Cypriot descent
British women non-fiction writers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)