News and Events
- Interview with KVUE TV
- Award notice: My Friend Suhana Wins the Dolly Gray Children’s Literature Award
- Mention: Contemporary Pakistani American Women Writers: Writing their own stories, finding their own voices, U.S. Studies Online
- Mention: Wired for Empathy: How and Why Stories Cultivate Emotions. Firesteel
- Mention: 4 Female American Immigrant Fiction Authors: Coming to America, Itcher Magazine
- MangoBaaz names Shaila Abdullah as one of Pakistan’s Super Women
- Voice of America interviews Shaila Abdullah (Audio: Urdu)
- Shaila Abdullah named by Global Diversity Practice as one of Women Power 100 of Pakistan
- Saffron Dreams wins the Patras Bukhari Award for English Language
- Saffron Dreams wins the Golden Quill Award
- Saffron Dreams declared a finalist in Reader Views Literary Award. Results expected March 12, 2010
- Saffron Dreams places second in Written Art Award 2010 in the General Fiction category
- Several bloggers laud Saffron Dreams and rate it as a must read book of 2009
- Austin author attempts to convey essence of Islam, post 9/11, article in Austin-American Stasteman
- Local Muslim author of 9/11 narrative says America has grown since 2001, Blog posting inAustin-American Stasteman
- Interview with Susan Ortlieb of Suko’s Notebook
- Review: Changed forever. Dawn Newspaper
- Saffron Dreams, a finalist in the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards
- Interview with Dawn Newspaper
Sehba Sarwar interviews Shaila Abdullah - Interview with Divine Caroline
- The Plot: Interview with Character Arissa
- Home Sweet Home Writing Challenge
- The Book Connection Guest post about the impact of 9/11 on the lives of the ordinary Muslims
- Guest Blogger at The Book Stacks
- Amulet for Caged Dove selected inInternational Museum of Women (I.M.O.W.) exhibit called Exhibiting You
- Huffington Post: Muslim-American Novelist Examines Social Rift in the Aftermath of 9/11
- Interview with Inside Scoop (audio): Juanita Watson of Inside Scoop interviews Abdullah
- Interview with Reader Views: Tyler R. Tichelaar of Reader Views interviews Abdullah
- Shaila Abdullah profiled in Facts on File’sEncyclopedia of Asian-American Literature
- Profile in Nirali Magazine: If These Walls Could Talk: Shaila Abdullah’s debut book opens a window on life as a Pakistani woman.