Today, we have invited novelist Noreen Nasim in our studio, all the way from Sheffield, England!
We are delighted to have Noreen share her curiosity of her father, Amir Majothi’s journey of displacement during the 1972 Ugandan Asian Expulsion by Idi Amin. Realizing that families, including hers, went through quite difficult times, she began asking her father questions about the event which affected 80,000 Ugandan Asians. Through her father’s memoir “Expelled from Uganda”, she sheds a lens into his upbringing, schooling and friends in Kakira, Uganda. Noreen will share these details with us today, including the cheekiness of her dad which is woven throughout her novel.
As Noreen said during her podcast: “I recorded all the details and I had enough for a book. I realized, I’ve got to get this out there!”
Starting her career in her mother’s footsteps as a nurse, she quickly realized that was not for her! She pursued a career in the creative arts & ended up writing this award winning novel-Expelled from Uganda. Writing wasn’t always something she had intended to pursue, but she surprised everyone!
Noreen has led a successful and ongoing career for over a decade in the field of creative arts, as a Lecturer, specializing in Digital Arts and Creative Media.
Let us hear from Noreen when she calls herself a “positive disruptor” in her first Tedx talk! where she discusses the role of positive disruption within the Ugandan Asian community, along with how it has shaped her own life choices.
At the present time, Noreen is also working hard with members of the South Asian diaspora to highlight lost stories within the communities affected, and is hoping to inspire a new generation of storytellers. She strongly believes in documenting family history now, before it’s too late!
I totally agree with her-let us get those stories & voices out in the open!
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