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{{Short description|Canadian writer}}{{Infobox person
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{{Infobox person
| name = Dania Suleman
| name = Dania Suleman
| nationality = Canadian
| nationality = Canadian
| alma_mater = [[Université du Québec à Montréal]]
| alma_mater = [[Université du Québec à Montréal]]
| occupation = Writer, researcher
| occupation = Writer, researcher
| notable_works = ''[[Les malentendues]]'' (2021 book)
| notable_works = ''Les malentendues'' (2021 book)
}}
}}
[[File:Dania Suleman.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:Dania Suleman.jpg|thumb]]
'''Dania Suleman''' is a Canadian writer and media fact checker. She was formerly a lawyer<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018 |title='Had we known you were Muslim, not sure we would have hired you': Montreal lawyer Dania Suleman on her experience getting a job |work=[[CBC Radio]], [[The Current (radio program)|The Current]] |url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1180676675727}}</ref> who specialized in labour law.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/ethnic-visible-minorities-want-montreal-mayoral-candidates-to-address-diversity-1.4379795 Okeke, Shari. "Ethnic, visible minorities want Montreal mayoral candidates to address diversity", CBC News, October 31, 2017]</ref> Suleman is the author of the 2021 book ''{{lang|fr|[[Les malentendues]]}}''.
'''Dania Suleman''' is a Canadian writer and media fact checker. She was formerly a lawyer<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018 |title='Had we known you were Muslim, not sure we would have hired you': Montreal lawyer Dania Suleman on her experience getting a job |work=[[CBC Radio]], [[The Current (radio program)|The Current]] |url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1180676675727}}</ref> who specialized in labour law.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/ethnic-visible-minorities-want-montreal-mayoral-candidates-to-address-diversity-1.4379795 Okeke, Shari. "Ethnic, visible minorities want Montreal mayoral candidates to address diversity", CBC News, October 31, 2017]</ref> Suleman is the author of the 2021 book ''{{lang|fr|Les malentendues}}''.


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
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.<ref name="radio-canada">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=June 17, 2022 |title=I - Dania Suleman |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/1883252/me-muslim-next-door-canada-dania-suleman |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=[[Radio-Canada]] |language=fr-ca}}</ref>
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.<ref name="radio-canada">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=June 17, 2022 |title=I - Dania Suleman |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/1883252/me-muslim-next-door-canada-dania-suleman |access-date=April 7, 2023 |website=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|Radio-Canada]] |language=fr-ca}}</ref>


Suleman received her master's degree in international law in 2017 from [[Université du Québec à Montréal]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Suleman |first=Dania |date=February 2017 |others=Pierre Bosset, Rachel Chagnon |title=Les réconciliations possibles entre la liberté de religion et l'égalité des sexes |url=https://archipel.uqam.ca/9670/ |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=archipel.uqam.ca |language=fr}}</ref>
Suleman received her master's degree in international law in 2017 from [[Université du Québec à Montréal]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Suleman |first=Dania |date=February 2017 |others=Pierre Bosset, Rachel Chagnon |title=Les réconciliations possibles entre la liberté de religion et l'égalité des sexes |url=https://archipel.uqam.ca/9670/ |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=archipel.uqam.ca |language=fr}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
Suleman featured in the 2011 [[Radio Canada International]] production, ''Me, The Muslim Next Door''.<ref name="radio-canada" />
Suleman featured in the 2011 [[Radio Canada International]] production, ''Me, The Muslim Next Door''.<ref name="radio-canada" />


Suleman works as a media researcher, director and fact checker, providing research support to films including the Québec documentary ''{{lang|fr|[[Briser le code]]}}'' [[:fr:Briser_le_code|[fr]]] ([[English language|English]]: ''Break the Code'').<ref>{{Cite web |title=Briser le code (2020) Movie |url=https://flixi.com/movies/briser-le-code |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=Flixi |language=en}}</ref> The documentary received an award for "Best Digital Component" in a documentary from Le Prix Gémeaux in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Finalistes et lauréats {{!}} 35es prix Gémeaux |url=http://academie.ca/prixgemeaux/483/finalistes-et-laureats |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=academie.ca |language=fr}}</ref>
Suleman works as a media researcher, director and fact checker, providing research support to films including the Québec documentary ''{{lang|fr|[[Briser le code]]}}'' [[:fr:Briser_le_code|[fr]]] ([[English language|English]]: ''Break the Code'').<ref>{{Cite web |title=Briser le code (2020) Movie |url=https://flixi.com/movies/briser-le-code |access-date=April 7, 2023 |website=Flixi |language=en}}</ref> The documentary received an award for "Best Digital Component" in a documentary from Le Prix Gémeaux in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Finalistes et lauréats {{!}} 35es prix Gémeaux |url=http://academie.ca/prixgemeaux/483/finalistes-et-laureats |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=academie.ca |language=fr}}</ref>


In an interview with ''[[Métro (Montreal newspaper)|Métro]]'' she called for "plus de curiosité et moins de rigidité" ("more curiosity and less rigidity").<ref name="awada">{{cite news |last1=Awada |first1=Dalila |title=Foi et féminisme : raviver les atomes crochus |url=https://journalmetro.com/actualites/national/2634723/foi-et-feminisme-raviver-les-atomes-crochus/ |access-date=8 April 2023 |work=Journal Métro |date=23 April 2021 |language=fr-FR}}</ref> Suleman has appeared in various news articles in both French and English.<ref>[https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/742974/jean-francois-lisee-condamne-une-publicite-de-hec-montreal-montrant-une-femme-voilee?fbclid=IwAR1GvCW5yW_VbxlkPfGV-IDCWufG7rmah2nQDz5Mn4TsqBQxNuMUoXkPtmQ Cantin, Viollette. "Jean-François Lisée condamne une publicité montrant une femme voilée", ''Le Devoir'', August 9, 2022]</ref><ref>[https://www.lapresse.ca/vivre/societe/201812/14/01-5208081-feminisme-les-sorcieres-des-temps-modernes.php Groghé, Marissa. "Féminisme: les sorcières des temps modernes", ''La Presse'', December 15, 2018]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=Sep 27, 2015 |title=Quebec Muslims open up to Nick Purdon about the hot button debate over the niqab |url=https://www.proquest.com/central/docview/1716892870/124CFE2D04D34AACPQ/1 |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=The National - CBC Television |language=en}}</ref>
In an interview with ''[[Métro (Montreal newspaper)|Métro]]'' she called for "plus de curiosité et moins de rigidité" ("more curiosity and less rigidity").<ref name="awada">{{cite news |last1=Awada |first1=Dalila |title=Foi et féminisme : raviver les atomes crochus |url=https://journalmetro.com/actualites/national/2634723/foi-et-feminisme-raviver-les-atomes-crochus/ |access-date=April 8, 2023 |work=Journal Métro |date=April 23, 2021 |language=fr-FR}}</ref> Suleman has appeared in various news articles in both French and English.<ref>[https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/742974/jean-francois-lisee-condamne-une-publicite-de-hec-montreal-montrant-une-femme-voilee?fbclid=IwAR1GvCW5yW_VbxlkPfGV-IDCWufG7rmah2nQDz5Mn4TsqBQxNuMUoXkPtmQ Cantin, Viollette. "Jean-François Lisée condamne une publicité montrant une femme voilée", ''Le Devoir'', August 9, 2022]</ref><ref>[https://www.lapresse.ca/vivre/societe/201812/14/01-5208081-feminisme-les-sorcieres-des-temps-modernes.php Groghé, Marissa. "Féminisme: les sorcières des temps modernes", ''La Presse'', December 15, 2018]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 27, 2015 |title=Quebec Muslims open up to Nick Purdon about the hot button debate over the niqab |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1716892870 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=The National - CBC Television |id={{ProQuest|1716892870}} |language=en}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
{{asof|2021}}, Suleman resides in [[New York City|New York]].<ref name=wala>{{Cite web |last=Wala |first=Amara |date=8 Dec 2021 |title=Quebec author explores if religious identity and feminism can mutually exist |url=https://montreal.citynews.ca/2021/12/08/quebec-author-religion-feminism/ |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=[[CityNews]]}}</ref>
{{as of|2018}}, Suleman resides in [[New York City|New York]].<ref name=wala>{{Cite web |last=Wala |first=Amara |date=December 8, 2021 |url=https://montreal.citynews.ca/2021/12/08/quebec-author-religion-feminism/ |title=Quebec author explores if religious identity and feminism can mutually exist |access-date=April 7, 2023 |website=[[CityNews]]}}</ref>


==''Les malentendues'' ==
==''Les malentendues'' ==


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{{Infobox book
| image = Les malentendues book.jpg
| image = Les malentendues book.jpg
| author = [[Dania Suleman]]
| author = Dania Suleman
| pub_date = April 2021 (Canada)<br>September 2021 (Europe)
| pub_date = April 2021 (Canada)<br>September 2021 (Europe)
| isbn = 978-2-89091-755-2
| isbn = 978-2-89091-755-2
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''{{lang|fr|Les malentendues}}'' (English: ''Misunderstandings: faith and feminism: reconcilable rights'') is a 2021 non-fiction book.
''{{lang|fr|Les malentendues}}'' (English: ''Misunderstandings: faith and feminism: reconcilable rights'') is a 2021 non-fiction book.


=== Publication===
=== Publication===
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=== Synopsis===
=== Synopsis===
The book asks whether feminism and religion are mutually exclusive and suggests that in fact they are reconcilable.<ref name=salon>{{Cite web |title=Les Malentendues : foi et féminisme : des droits réconciliables |url=https://www.salondulivredemontreal.com/livres/les-malentendues-foi-et-feminisme-des-droits-reconciliables-9782890917552 |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=www.salondulivredemontreal.com |language=fr}}</ref>
The book asks whether feminism and religion are mutually exclusive and suggests that in fact they are reconcilable.<ref name=salon>{{Cite web |url=https://www.salondulivredemontreal.com/livres/les-malentendues-foi-et-feminisme-des-droits-reconciliables-9782890917552 |title=Les Malentendues : foi et féminisme : des droits réconciliables |access-date=April 7, 2023 |website=www.salondulivredemontreal.com |language=fr}}</ref>


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.<ref name=salon/>
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.<ref name=salon/>
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* [https://www.editions-rm.ca/livres/les-malentendues/ Official website]
* [https://www.editions-rm.ca/livres/les-malentendues/ Official website]
* [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/real-talk-on-race-point-of-view-dania-suleman-1.3484074 "The weight of the veil: One Muslim Montrealer's perspective", CBC News]
* [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/real-talk-on-race-point-of-view-dania-suleman-1.3484074 "The weight of the veil: One Muslim Montrealer's perspective", CBC News]
* {{cite book |first=Dania |last=Suleman |title={{lang|fr|[[Les malentendues]]}} |lang=fr |year=2021 |isbn=978-2-89091-755-2 |publisher=Éditions du remue-ménage}}
* {{cite book |first=Dania |last=Suleman |title={{lang|fr|[[Les malentendues]]}} |language=fr |year=2021 |isbn=978-2-89091-755-2 |publisher=Éditions du remue-ménage}}


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Latest revision as of 23:21, 2 December 2024

Dania Suleman
NationalityCanadian
Alma materUniversité du Québec à Montréal
Occupation(s)Writer, researcher
Notable workLes malentendues (2021 book)

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.

Early life and education

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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

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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

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As of 2018, Suleman resides in New York.[11]

Les malentendues

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Dania Suleman
AuthorDania Suleman
PublisherÉditions du remue-ménage
Publication date
April 2021 (Canada)
September 2021 (Europe)
Pages125
ISBN978-2-89091-755-2

Les malentendues (English: Misunderstandings: faith and feminism: reconcilable rights) is a 2021 non-fiction book.

Publication

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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

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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

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The Radio Canada International-sponsored Montreal Book Fair described the book as "brief and brilliant".[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "'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.
  2. ^ Okeke, Shari. "Ethnic, visible minorities want Montreal mayoral candidates to address diversity", CBC News, October 31, 2017
  3. ^ a b "I - Dania Suleman". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). June 17, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Briser le code (2020) Movie". Flixi. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  6. ^ "Finalistes et lauréats | 35es prix Gémeaux". academie.ca (in French). Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  7. ^ Awada, Dalila (April 23, 2021). "Foi et féminisme : raviver les atomes crochus". Journal Métro (in French). Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  8. ^ Cantin, Viollette. "Jean-François Lisée condamne une publicité montrant une femme voilée", Le Devoir, August 9, 2022
  9. ^ Groghé, Marissa. "Féminisme: les sorcières des temps modernes", La Presse, December 15, 2018
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ a b c Wala, Amara (December 8, 2021). "Quebec author explores if religious identity and feminism can mutually exist". CityNews. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Les Malentendues : foi et féminisme : des droits réconciliables". www.salondulivredemontreal.com (in French). Retrieved April 7, 2023.
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