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Author:agent Irfan Yusuf

Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Once Were Radicals

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'What happens when a nice Muslim Australian boy considers joining the jihad in Afghanistan? Irfan Yusuf grew up in John Winston Howard's electorate in the leafy suburbs of Sydney. He should have been thinking about girls and cars, but instead became convinced he should die for a Muslim cause. And in the process he discovered he couldn't learn the Koran from boofy-headed blokes brandishing sticks, and he couldn't quite stomach extra-halal meat killed on an uncle's farm.Once Were Radicals is a hilarious, irreverent memoir of cultural confusions, community politics and outright mischief making - with a deeper message. (Publisher's blurb)

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Untitled Margaret Crohn , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 23 no. 3 2009; (p. 62)
— Review of Once Were Radicals Irfan Yusuf , 2009 single work autobiography

Radical Thinking Lucy Meredith , 2009 single work interview
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May/June vol. 88 no. 8 2009; (p. 34)

Untitled Lucy Meredith , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May/June vol. 88 no. 8 2009; (p. 32)
— Review of Once Were Radicals Irfan Yusuf , 2009 single work autobiography

How a Fanatic Came Back from the Brink Robyn Doreian , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 2 August 2009; (p. 12)
— Review of Once Were Radicals Irfan Yusuf , 2009 single work autobiography

A Muslim Pioneer Traversing the Great Divide Barney Zwartz , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 July 2009; (p. 23)
— Review of Once Were Radicals Irfan Yusuf , 2009 single work autobiography

Lessons of a Wannabe Teen Hero Mahir Ali , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 May 2009; (p. 14-15)
— Review of Once Were Radicals Irfan Yusuf , 2009 single work autobiography

Getting to Wisdom Through the Muslim Maze Richard Begbie , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 May 2009; (p. 15)
— Review of Once Were Radicals Irfan Yusuf , 2009 single work autobiography

Portrait of a Young Radical Peter Kirkwood , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 May 2009; (p. 32)
— Review of Once Were Radicals Irfan Yusuf , 2009 single work autobiography ; Leave to Remain : A Memoir Abbas El-Zein , 2009 single work autobiography

Cover Notes Lucy Sussex , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 24 May 2009; (p. 25)
— Review of Once Were Radicals Irfan Yusuf , 2009 single work autobiography