| 词条 | Kia Abdullah | ||||||||||||
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| name = Kia Abdullah | honorific_prefix = | honorific_suffix = | image = KiaAbdullah.jpg | image_size = 250px | alt = | caption = Kia Abdullah | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1982|5|17}} | birth_place = Tower Hamlets, London, England | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Novelist, writer, columnist | language = English | nationality = British | citizenship = | education = BSc Computer science | alma_mater = Queen Mary University of London | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | awards = | years_active = 2006–present | spouse = | partner = Peter Watson | children = | relatives = | signature = | signature_alt = | module = | website = {{URL|kiaabdullah.com}} }}Kia Abdullah (born 17 May 1982) is a British novelist and travel writer. She has written two novels: Life, Love and Assimilation (Adlibbed, 2006)[1] and Child's Play (Revenge Ink, 2009)[2] and has contributed to The Guardian,[3] The New York Times,[4] BBC,[5] Lonely Planet[6][7] and Rough Guides.[8] BackgroundAbdullah is of Bangladeshi descent and was born and brought up in the London borough of Tower Hamlets in a family of eight children.[9] Of her childhood, Abdullah has said: "[People] imagine poverty and misery, hardship and hand-me-downs. Of course I forfeited my fair share of material pleasures but a household of noise and colour is far better than possessions and privilege."[10] EducationAbdullah was educated in England. She graduated from Queen Mary, University of London with a first class in BSc Computer Science. Her final year thesis was titled A Program Slicing Tool for Analysing Java Programs.[11] Abdullah has an IQ of 150.[12] She was a member of Mensa International, a non-profit organization open to people who score at the 98th percentile of IQ, but left within a year of joining. Given her educational choices, Abdullah has described herself as a ‘nerd by default’.[13] CareerIn 2006, Abdullah published her first novel "Life, Love and Assimilation", which drew comparisons with Monica Ali's Brick Lane.[14] The novel was also criticised by the Bangladeshi community, including members of Abdullah's own family for its candid portrayal of drugs and sex in east London.[9] In 2009, Abdullah published her second novel, a psychological crime thriller called Child's Play. Unlike her first novel, her second enjoyed a warm reception from the community despite also including several scenes of a sexual nature. During this time, Abdullah wrote on a range of topics from politics to relationships for the Guardian newspaper.[3] She has spoken out on a range of subjects, from drug abuse[15] and gender inequality[5] to dealing with culture and identity as a British-Asian writer.[16][17] Her article on honour killings was nominated for a Muslim Writers Award.[18] As Features Editor at Asian Woman magazine, Abdullah interviewed a range of prominent Asian actors and musicians including Jay Sean, Meera Syal, Nitin Sawhney and Anoushka Shankar. She is an occasional guest on BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine Show as well as BBC Asian Network's DJ Nihal show. Abdullah also works as a travel writer and has contributed to Lonely Planet[6] and Rough Guides[8] online and Asian Woman magazine in print. She is currently editor at outdoor travel site Atlas & Boots.[19] She has spoken about her travels on television,[20] radio,[21] print[22] and online.[23] Personal lifeAbdullah is in a relationship with British travel photographer Peter Watson.[24] Between her travels for Atlas & Boots, she resides in east London. Bibliography
References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Love-Assimilation-Kia-Abdullah/dp/1897312008|title=Life, Love and Assimilation|date=17 May 2006|publisher=Amazon.co.uk|accessdate=11 May 2006}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0955807859|title=Child's Play|date=4 December 2009|publisher=Amazon.co.uk|accessdate=3 August 2009}} 3. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/kiaabdullah|title=Kia Abdullah|website=the Guardian|access-date=2016-08-12}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/15/well/family/childless-by-choice.html|title=Childless in a Houseful of Children|website=The New York Times|access-date=2017-09-15}} 5. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://gb.imdb.com/name/nm3010265/|title=Kia Abdullah|website=IMDb|access-date=2016-08-12}} 6. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/travel-tips-and-articles/best-places-to-travel-in-june-2016|title=Best places to travel in June 2016 - Lonely Planet|last=Planet|first=Lonely|date=2016-03-02|access-date=2016-08-12}} 7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/festivals-and-events/best-of-festivals-and-events/content/travel-tips-and-articles/best-places-to-travel-in-august-2016|title=Best places to travel in August 2016 - Lonely Planet|last=Planet|first=Lonely|date=2016-05-10|access-date=2016-08-12}} 8. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www.roughguides.com/author/kia-abdullah/|title=Travel Features by Kia {{!}} Rough Guides|access-date=2016-08-12}} 9. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://kiaabdullah.com/about|title=About {{!}} Kia Abdullah|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-08-12}} 10. ^{{Cite book|title=The Bengali East End: Histories of life and work in Tower Hamlets|last=|first=|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location=https://www.ideastore.co.uk/assets/documents/bengali%20booklet%20FINALcropped1.pdf|pages=|via=}} 11. ^{{Cite book|title=A Program Slicing Tool for Analysing Java Programs|last=|first=|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location=http://www.kiaabdullah.com/finalreport.pdf|pages=|via=}} 12. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/may/31/mensa-iq-test-self-indulgent|title=Is joining Mensa a smart move?|date=2010-05-31|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-08-12}} 13. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/apr/18/kia.abdullah|title=It's a bunch of gadgets in one|last=O'Connor|first=Stuart|date=2008-04-18|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-08-12}} 14. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.vaani.org/2010/05/launch-of-vaani.html|title=Vaani: "Launch of VAANI"|website=www.vaani.org|access-date=2016-08-12}} 15. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14065527|title=British Bangladeshis battle against drugs|publisher=BBC News|access-date=2016-08-12}} 16. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.kiaabdullah.com/wp-content/files/Asiana.pdf|title=Writing Wrongs|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Asiana magazine|access-date=}} 17. ^{{Cite web|url=http://theasianwriter.co.uk/2009/11/kia-abdullah-on-writing-childs-play/|title=Kia Abdullah on writing Child’s Play – The Asian Writer|website=theasianwriter.co.uk|access-date=2016-08-12}} 18. ^{{Cite web|url=https://ymwa.org.uk/museum-of-awards/museum-of-awards-2009/|title=Museum of Awards – 2009 {{!}} Young Muslim Writers Awards|website=ymwa.org.uk|access-date=2016-08-12}} 19. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.atlasandboots.com/about/|title=About {{!}} Atlas & Boots|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-08-12}} 20. ^{{Citation|last=Atlas & Boots|title=Atlas and Boots interview on London Live|date=2016-01-22|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7rmrm073KU|accessdate=2016-08-12}} 21. ^{{Citation|title=Graeme Kemlo Speaks To Adventure Travellers Kia Abdullah And Peter Watson|url=https://soundcloud.com/travelwritersradio/graeme-kemlo-speaks-to-adventure-travellers-kia-abdullah-and-peter-watson|accessdate=2016-08-12}} 22. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.atlasandboots.com/files/get-lost.pdf|title=Get Lost magazine|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}} 23. ^{{Cite web|url=http://hero-and-leander.com/1992-2|title=Peter & Kia {{!}} Hero and Leander|date=2015-12-02|language=en-US|access-date=2016-08-12}} 24. ^{{Cite web|url=http://goeverywhere.royalrobbins.com/introducing-atlas-boots/|title=Introducing Atlas & Boots {{!}} Royal Robbins Blog|date=2014-09-04|language=en-US|access-date=2016-08-12}} External links{{Sister project links |wikt=no |commons=Kia Abdullah |b=no |n=no |q=no |s=no |v=no |species=no |display=Kia Abdullah}}
18 : 1982 births|Living people|People from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets|People educated at Central Foundation Girls' School|21st-century English novelists|21st-century British women writers|Alumni of Queen Mary University of London|British Asian writers|English Muslims|English people of Bangladeshi descent|English women novelists|English journalists|English columnists|Mensans|The Guardian journalists|Women columnists|Writers from London|English women non-fiction writers |
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