Dania Suleman is a Canadian writer and media fact checker. She was formerly a lawyer[1] who specialized in labour law.[2] Suleman is the author of the 2021 book Les malentendues.
Dania Suleman | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Université du Québec à Montréal |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, researcher |
| Notable work | Les malentendues (2021 book) |
Early life and education edit
Suleman was born and raised in Longueuil and Brossard, Quebec. Her father, Said Suleman, is Eritrean; her mother, Marie Germain, is Quebecois. She grew up with her sister, Sara, spending week days with her mother and weekends with her father, her parents having divorced when she was a young child.[3]
Suleman received her master's degree in international law in 2017 from Université du Québec à Montréal.[4]
Career edit
Suleman featured in the 2011 Radio Canada International production, Me, The Muslim Next Door.[3]
Suleman works as a media researcher, director and fact checker, providing research support to films including the Québec documentary Briser le code [fr] (English: Break the Code).[5] The documentary received an award for "Best Digital Component" in a documentary from Le Prix Gémeaux in 2020.[6]
In an interview with Métro she called for "plus de curiosité et moins de rigidité" ("more curiosity and less rigidity").[7] Suleman has appeared in various news articles in both French and English.[8][9][10]
Personal life edit
Les malentendues edit
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| Author | Dania Suleman |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Éditions du remue-ménage |
Publication date | April 2021 (Canada) September 2021 (Europe) |
| Pages | 125 |
| ISBN | 978-2-89091-755-2 |
Les malentendues (English: Misunderstandings: faith and feminism: reconcilable rights) is a 2021 non-fiction book.
Publication edit
The 125 page book is published by Éditions du remue-ménage [fr]. It was released in Canada in April 2021 and in Europe in September the same year. Suleman wrote the book in response to Bill 21 which promoted secularism in Quebec by prohibiting the exhibition of visible signs of religion from public sector employees.[11]
Synopsis edit
The book asks whether feminism and religion are mutually exclusive and suggests that in fact they are reconcilable.[12]
After the introduction, the book has five chapters: Freedom of Religion in Canada; From Reasonable Accommodation to the Right to Equality; Women, Religions, and Courts; Reconciling the Irreconcilable; and Necessary Deconstructions for a Possible Reconciliation.[12]
Critical reception edit
The Radio Canada International-sponsored Montreal Book Fair described the book as "brief and brilliant".[11]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "'Had we known you were Muslim, not sure we would have hired you': Montreal lawyer Dania Suleman on her experience getting a job". CBC Radio, The Current. 2018.
- ^ Okeke, Shari. "Ethnic, visible minorities want Montreal mayoral candidates to address diversity", CBC News, October 31, 2017
- ^ a b "I - Dania Suleman". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). June 17, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ^ Suleman, Dania (February 2017). "Les réconciliations possibles entre la liberté de religion et l'égalité des sexes". archipel.uqam.ca (in French). Pierre Bosset, Rachel Chagnon. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- ^ "Briser le code (2020) Movie". Flixi. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ^ "Finalistes et lauréats | 35es prix Gémeaux". academie.ca (in French). Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- ^ Awada, Dalila (April 23, 2021). "Foi et féminisme : raviver les atomes crochus". Journal Métro (in French). Retrieved April 8, 2023.
- ^ Cantin, Viollette. "Jean-François Lisée condamne une publicité montrant une femme voilée", Le Devoir, August 9, 2022
- ^ Groghé, Marissa. "Féminisme: les sorcières des temps modernes", La Presse, December 15, 2018
- ^ "Quebec Muslims open up to Nick Purdon about the hot button debate over the niqab". The National - CBC Television. September 27, 2015. ProQuest 1716892870. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- ^ a b c Wala, Amara (December 8, 2021). "Quebec author explores if religious identity and feminism can mutually exist". CityNews. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ^ a b "Les Malentendues : foi et féminisme : des droits réconciliables". www.salondulivredemontreal.com (in French). Retrieved April 7, 2023.
External links edit
- Official website
- "The weight of the veil: One Muslim Montrealer's perspective", CBC News
- Suleman, Dania (2021). Les malentendues (in French). Éditions du remue-ménage. ISBN 978-2-89091-755-2.
