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'A hilarious and heartwarming memoir of growing up and becoming oneself in an Egyptian Muslim family.
'Soos’ family is muddy. Their skin is brown – kids say Soos is mud-coloured. Their culture and religion are puzzling to those around them. In their white majority neighbourhood, Soos, Mohamed and Aisha are bullied by racists. Their parents are discriminated against at work.
'Soos, the baby of the family – her name means ‘little tooth’ – is working out how to balance her parents’ strict rules with having friendships, crushes and a normal teenage life. As her dad is diagnosed with leukemia, the cancer cells clouding his blood, she comes to see her parents as fallible, with morals based on a muddy logic. But they are also her strongest defenders.' (Publication summary)
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Book Club notes via publisher's website.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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The White Gaze and Brown Rage in Australian Literature
2021
single work
essay
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2021; Meanjin , Summer vol. 80 no. 4 2021;'It was at a March 2002 camp at the Sydney Academy of Sport and Health where I overheard Steve Jones, who was awarded dux that year, talking about my family.' (Introduction)
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Books Roundup : Late Bloomer, Muddy People, Dark as Last Night, When Things are Alive They Hum
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , August 2021;
— Review of Late Bloomer : How An Autism Diagnosis Changed My Life 2021 single work autobiography ; Muddy People 2021 single work autobiography ; Dark As Last Night 2021 selected work short story ; When Things Are Alive They Hum 2021 single work novel -
Sara El Sayed, Muddy People
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 7-13 August 2021;
— Review of Muddy People 2021 single work autobiography'In her debut memoir, Muddy People, Sara El Sayed records her teenage years growing up in Australia as an Egyptian–Muslim migrant. Sara’s parents, both professionals, fled Egypt’s percolating economic and political instability and moved to Queensland, where they were forced to reaccredit themselves while taking a hotchpotch of jobs to keep the family afloat.' (Introduction)
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Sara El Sayed, Muddy People
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 7-13 August 2021;
— Review of Muddy People 2021 single work autobiography'In her debut memoir, Muddy People, Sara El Sayed records her teenage years growing up in Australia as an Egyptian–Muslim migrant. Sara’s parents, both professionals, fled Egypt’s percolating economic and political instability and moved to Queensland, where they were forced to reaccredit themselves while taking a hotchpotch of jobs to keep the family afloat.' (Introduction)
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Books Roundup : Late Bloomer, Muddy People, Dark as Last Night, When Things are Alive They Hum
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , August 2021;
— Review of Late Bloomer : How An Autism Diagnosis Changed My Life 2021 single work autobiography ; Muddy People 2021 single work autobiography ; Dark As Last Night 2021 selected work short story ; When Things Are Alive They Hum 2021 single work novel -
The White Gaze and Brown Rage in Australian Literature
2021
single work
essay
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2021; Meanjin , Summer vol. 80 no. 4 2021;'It was at a March 2002 camp at the Sydney Academy of Sport and Health where I overheard Steve Jones, who was awarded dux that year, talking about my family.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2022 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards — Queensland Premier's Award for a Work of State Significance
- 2022 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards — Non-Fiction Book Award
- 2022 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards — The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year
- 2022 highly commended National Biography Award
- 2022 shortlisted APA Book Design Awards — Best Designed Non Fiction Book designed by Alissa Dinallo.