Na'ima B. Robert is the daughter of a white South African father of Scottish descent and a black South African mother of Zulu descent. Born in Leeds, she grew up in Zimbabwe and went on to gain a first-class degree from the University of London. She has worked in the travel and tourism industry, was a teacher and has written and illustrated children's books. Following her conversion to Islam and her marriage to a Ghanaian revert, she settled in South London, where she now lives with her husband and two small sons.
Extremely thought-provoking, this challenges Western preconceptions of Islamic women Telegraph A stereotypical view paints Islam as a religion which represses women. But this is not the full picture, as Na'ima B. Robert argues in her new book Daily Mail Spiritual awakening is at the core of this book... Robert shows how Islam has made a positive difference to the lives of women from wildly different backgrounds, with fascinating results Image