Uzma Jalaluddin

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Uzma Jalaluddin
Nationality Canadian
Occupation writer, teacher
Known for film rights for her first novel were acquired within months of its publication

Uzma Jalaluddin is a Canadian writer, celebrated for the successful debut of her first novel, Ayesha at last, which has been favourably compared with Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.[1][2]

Jaluluddin writes a column for the Toronto Star.[2][3]

Jalaluddin described loving reading, and always wanting to write, but finding it hard to find novels about people who looked like her, and deciding to write a novel about people who looked like her.[4] Jalaluddin started the novel while pregnant with her son Ibrahim, shelved it, then dusted it off, and finished it, after telling seven-year-old Ibrahim about it.

The popularity of the highly successful film Crazy Rich Asians, earlier in 2018, is said to have triggered a greater interest in Hollywood acquiring other novels from writers with an Asian background.[5][6][7] Film rights were acquired by Amy Pascal's production company, Pascal Pictures, which produced the 2016 Ghostbusters, Spider-Man: Homecoming, The Post and Molly's Game.[8] Pascal Pictures acquired the rights in August, 2018, less than four months after the novel's Canadian and UK debut.

Awards nominations

Ayesha at last was one of ten titles under consideration for the 2018 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour.[9]

In May, 2019, Ayesha at last was one of six books short-listed for a Kobo Emerging Writer Prize.[10]

Reviews of Ayesha at last

On April 8, 2019, Asian Images wrote "This version of the well-loved novel is innovative, relevant and so very relatable."[11]

On April 11, 2019, The Sydney Morning Herald described the novel as a "positive, optimistic, generous-hearted take on a multicultural world."[12]

References

  1. Piali Roy. "Ayesha at last". Quill and Quire. https://quillandquire.com/review/ayesha-at-last/. Retrieved 2018-09-24. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Chelby Daigle (2018-07-09). "Muslim Canadian Novelist Uzma Jalaluddin will be in Ottawa This Wednesday". Muslim Link. https://muslimlink.ca/news/muslim-canadian-novelist-uzma-jalaluddin-will-be-in-ottawa-this-wednesday. Retrieved 2018-09-26. "Uzma Jalaluddin, a high school teacher, writes Samosas and Maple Syrup, a regular column about modern Muslim life for the Toronto Star. She’s also been a guest on the TV show Cityline, speaking on the Muslim experience." 
  3. Ryan B. Patrick (2018-06-28). "Uzma Jalaluddin's novel Ayesha At Last subverts Muslim stereotypes in its look at romantic love". CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/books/uzma-jalaluddin-s-novel-ayesha-at-last-subverts-muslim-stereotypes-in-its-look-at-romantic-love-1.4702800. Retrieved 2018-09-26. "One of the biggest things that happened in my life was I had a great opportunity to write a parenting column for the Toronto Star. What that did was give me the discipline of deadlines. I had to write a new 700 word column every two weeks — it had to be edited, polished and ready for publication." 
  4. Uzma Jalaluddin (2018-06-06). "Climbing the mountain, becoming a writer". Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/life/opinion/2018/06/06/climbing-the-mountain-becoming-a-writer.html. Retrieved 2018-09-24. "My first attempt at writing was a picture book titled Icy Water’s Bad Day. It was about the life cycle of an ice cube. By the end of the book, Icy Water is melting in someone’s stomach, so actually it may have been a dark comedy about existential despair. I wrote it when I was 8, so I can’t be certain." 
  5. Tony Wong (2018-09-08). "Why Canadian authors are hot in Hollywood". Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/tiff/2018/09/08/why-canadian-authors-are-hot-in-hollywood.html. Retrieved 2018-09-24. "Jalaluddin’s novel has been described as a Muslim take on Pride and Prejudice, as Hollywood looks for the next big racially diverse comedy in the wake of Crazy Rich Asians." 
  6. Jane van Koeverden (2018-08-28). "Film rights to Uzma Jalaluddin's Ayesha at Last acquired by Pascal Pictures". CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/books/film-rights-to-uzma-jalaluddin-s-ayesha-at-last-acquired-by-pascal-pictures-1.4801933. Retrieved 2018-09-24. "The film rights to Uzma Jalaluddin's young adult novel Ayesha at Last have been sold to Pascal Pictures, the production company behind blockbusters like the Ghostbusters reboot, Spider-Man: Homecoming, The Post and Molly's Game, Deadline reports." 
  7. Chelby Daigle (2018-07-09). ""Crazy Rich Asians" Buzz Gets Muslim Canadian Novel "Ayesha At Last" Acquired by Hollywood Execs". Muslim Link. https://muslimlink.ca/news/crazy-rich-asians-ayesha-at-last-uzma-jalaluddin-muslim-canadian-pride-and-prejudice. Retrieved 2018-09-24. "Pascal Pictures, founded by Amy Pascal, has just optioned "Ayesha at Last", a modern Muslim Canadian retelling of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice published by Harper Collins Canada." 
  8. Mike Fleming Jr. (2018-08-27). "Pascal Pictures Acquires Uzma Jalaluddin Novel ‘Ayesha At Last’". Deadline magazine. https://deadline.com/2018/08/ayesha-at-last-pascal-pictures-uzma-jalaluddin-novel-1202452912/. Retrieved 2018-09-24. "The novel was shopped as interest swelled in Crazy Rich Asians, and it was helped by an appetite to tell a fun story focused on historically underrepresented characters." 
  9. "Ten finalists for Leacock Medal for Humour revealed". Orillia Matters (Orillia). 2019-04-24. https://www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/ten-finalists-for-leacock-medal-for-humour-revealed-1388408. Retrieved 2019-04-24. "The board of directors of the Stephen Leacock Associates announced its 2019 longlist for the 72nd Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour today." 
  10. Ryan Porter (2019-05-02). "Tanya Tagaq, Kate Harris, and Uzma Jalaluddin among shortlisted authors for Kobo Emerging Writer Prize". Quill and Quire. https://quillandquire.com/omni/tanya-tagaq-kate-harris-and-uzma-jalaluddin-among-shortlisted-authors-for-kobo-emerging-writer-prize/. Retrieved 2019-05-03. "The winners will be announced at an event in Toronto on June 27. Each winner will receive $10,000 and marketing support." 
  11. Umbreen Ali (2019-04-08). "'Ayesha At Last' by Uzma Jalaluddin". Asian Image. https://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/17541911.ayesha-at-last-by-uzma-jalaluddin/. Retrieved 2019-04-24. "In the 200 years since Pride and Prejudice was published, it is delightful to see a Muslim version, complete with cross-culture nuances, wit, humour and classic romance." 
  12. Kerryn Goldsworthy (2019-04-11). "Fiction: Ayesha at Last, The Woman of St Germain and two other novels". The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/fiction-ayesha-at-last-the-woman-of-st-germain-and-two-other-novels-20190411-p51d98.html. Retrieved 2019-04-24. "The unlikely romance proceeds slowly through various sharp observations about the problems and prejudices encountered by Muslims in the West, including family troubles. As with other clever Austen adaptations, the reader will have fun following the parallels of plot and character" 

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  9. Lakshmi Gandhi (2018-10-17). "Why South Asian Authors Continue to be Inspired by Jane Austen". The Teal Mango. https://www.thetealmango.com/culture/why-south-asian-authors-continue-to-be-inspired-by-jane-austen/. Retrieved 2018-10-25. "One of the most anticipated novels of 2019 is “Ayesha at Last” by Pakistani-Canadian author Uzma Jalaluddin. Already released in Canada, the book centers on Ayesha Shamsi, an unconventional young woman in the middle of a loud and boistrous South Asian family." 
  10. Will Sloan (2018-06-11). "An evening with Alan Cumming, a creepy crawly ROM show and five other things to see, hear, read and do this week". Toronto Life magazine. https://torontolife.com/culture/evening-alan-cumming-creepy-crawly-rom-show-five-things-see-hear-read-week/. Retrieved 2018-10-25. "It’s an uproarious romp, filled with farcical cases of mistaken identity, disastrous proposals and a big Bollywood wedding." 
  11. "The scoop on summer reads: the 46 coolest books of the season". The Globe and Mail. 2018-06-15. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-the-scoop-on-summer-reads-the-coolest-books-of-the-season/. Retrieved 2018-10-25. "Come for Darcy reimagined as a hyper-conservative young man and Elizabeth Bennet as a wannabe poet frustrated by family obligation; stay for Uzma Jalaluddin’s warm portrait of life for twentysomething Muslims in suburban Toronto struggling to honour their heritage while pursuing their dreams" 
  12. Kate Gardner (2018-08-27). "Things We Saw Today: Amy Pascal Options A Modern Re-Telling of Pride and Prejudice With Muslim Leads". The Mary Sue. https://www.themarysue.com/things-we-saw-today-ayesha-at-last/. Retrieved 2018-10-25. "In the wake of Crazy Rich Asians decimating box office records, Amy Pascal’s Pascal Pictures has optioned the rights to Ayesha At Last, a novel by Uzma Jalaluddin" 
  13. Carol Mann (2017-07-13). "Global hijabista style, from the Afghan burqa to the cover of a fashion magazine". Catchnews. http://www.catchnews.com/international-news/global-hijabista-style-from-the-afghan-burqa-to-the-cover-of-a-fashion-magazine-71307.html. Retrieved 2018-10-25. "Uzma Jalaluddin models a hijab style which she calls the triangle hijab. (Photo: Melissa Renwick/Toronto Star via Getty Images)" 
  14. Chelby Diagle (2018-08-28). "Uzma Jalaluddin's "Ayesha at Last" bought by major Hollywood production company.". Muslimlink. https://muslimlink.ca/news/crazy-rich-asians-ayesha-at-last-uzma-jalaluddin-muslim-canadian-pride-and-prejudice. Retrieved 2018-10-25. 
  15. Uzma Jalaluddin (2018-10-18). "Success is more complicated than I ever realized". Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/life/opinion/2018/10/10/uzma-jalaluddin-is-a-novelist-at-last.html. Retrieved 2018-10-25. "Sometimes I wake up at dawn and write. Sometimes I run around last minute because I’m late for everything. Some weeks, I feel like I can do this, wear all the hats all the time. Other times, I catch a stress cold and want to run away somewhere warm, like my furnace room. I know I have high expectations for myself, the kind that are hard to reach, which means that I also have to forgive myself when I fall short." 

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