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1 Dear Young Girl in the Bubble-Gum-Pink Hijab Özge Sevindik Alkan , 2023 single work essay
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2023;
1 y separately published work icon Hijabi Girl : What It Takes Hazel Edwards , Özge Sevindik Alkan , Regent : Ali Gator Productions , 2022 27643933 2022 single work children's fiction children's

'Dear Goannas,

'You are invited to play a friendly exhibition game against the Euclid Street Primary School Sharks next month.

'Melek’s Australian Rules Football team dream is about to come true. She becomes the captain of Goannas footy team with Miss as their coach. 

'Just when Melek finds players other than her best friends and lets boys play, there’s another problem.

'They don’t have money for uniforms. Luckily, the co-captains of design, Tien and Lily, have the most delicious idea ever for a fun-raiser. 

'A funny and adventurous story about what it takes to be a team and a captain.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon Hijabi Girl : Making Friends Hazel Edwards , Özge Sevindik Alkan , Regent : Ali Gator Productions , 2022 26523558 2022 single work children's fiction children's

'8 year old Melek always finds answers. Some are under her super hijab. For others she needs the help of newcomer Tien who draws fantastic worlds as an escape, dress-ups-guru Lily or even soccer-mad Zac who NEVER agrees with her. Melek wants to start her own Aussie Rules girls’ football team. Unable to find a book character in a hijab for the Book Parade, Melek writes her own, with illustrations by awesome Tien. Their classroom has Fab Science projects, a Rainbow Reading Chair and a Corridor of Characters. Plus Zac’s Reading Rat. Melek solves all problems, even rescuing Zac in the pool. And luckily her fashionista mother designs club colour-coded hijabs for footy fans.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 Last Ezan Özge Sevindik Alkan , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: The Victorian Writer , June-August 2022; (p. 3-5)
1 COVID Living (Room) Özge Sevindik Alkan , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: Peril : An Asian-Australian Journal , May no. 47 2022;
1 Muslim Australian Writers Have a Lot to Say. Our Books Ought to be as Common as Vegemite Özge Sevindik Alkan , Aksen Ilhan , Annie McCann , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 24 September 2021;
1 4 y separately published work icon Hijabi Girl Hazel Edwards , Özge Sevindik Alkan , Vermont South : BookPOD , 2016 9358214 2016 single work children's fiction children's

'Melek always finds answers, some are under her super hijab. For others she needs the help of newcomer Tien who draws fantastic worlds as an escape, or the dress-ups-guru Lily, and sometimes even soccer-mad Zac who NEVER agrees with her. Melek solves all problems, even rescuing Zac in the pool. And luckily her fashionista mother designs club colour-coded hijabs for footy fans. When it's the Book Character Parade, Melek can't find a book with a girl character in a hijab. With the help of her school friends, Melek makes one. Then Melek's next challenge is to arrange an Aussie Rules Girls' football match.' (Publication summary)
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