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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] Suleman is the author of the 2021 book Les malentendues.[2]

Early life and education

Suleman was born and raised in Longueuil and Brossard near Montréal.[3] Her father, Said Suleman, is Eritrean; her mother, Marie Germain, is Quebecois.[3] 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 from Université du Québec à Montréal.[3]

Career

Suleman featured in the 2022 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).[4] In an interview with Métro she called for "plus de curiosité et moins de rigidité" ("more curiosity and less rigidity").[5]

Personal life

As of 2021, Suleman resides in New York.[2]

Selected publications

  • Suleman, Dania (2021). Les malentendues (in French). Éditions du remue-ménage. ISBN 978-2-89091-755-2.[2][6]

References

  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. ^ a b c Wala, Amara (8 Dec 2021). "Quebec author explores if religious identity and feminism can mutually exist". CityNews. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  3. ^ a b c d e "I - Dania Suleman". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). June 17, 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  4. ^ "Briser le code (2020) Movie". Flixi. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  5. ^ Awada, Dalila (23 April 2021). "Foi et féminisme : raviver les atomes crochus". Journal Métro (in French). Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Les Malentendues : foi et féminisme : des droits réconciliables". Salon du livre de Montreal (English: Montreal Book Fair) (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-07.