| The tainted trial of Farah Jama Contributor(s): Szego, Julie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0987381148 ISBN-13: 9780987381149 Publisher: Wild Dingo Press OUR PRICE: $20.28 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime - Law | Forensic Science - Law | Criminal Procedure |
| Dewey: 363.259 |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 6" W x 9" (0.76 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Throughout the trial Jama had maintained his innocence against the accusations. Nearly 18 months after Jama's incarceration, his conviction was overturned. When journalist and lawyer, Julie Szego, set out to explore how a travesty of such magnitude could occur, she assumed she could tell the tale with journalistic detachment, delivering judgment from on high. Instead, she found an intriguing and confronting story about the heartache of migration and the trials of integration, cultural taboos and gender wars, and the unseen prejudice that casts its spell over even the most enlightened minds. |
Contributor Bio(s): Szego, Julie: - Julie Szego began her career as a lawyer before she switched to journalism. She spent 12 years at The Age newspaper where she held various roles, including social affairs reporter, senior writer, leader writer and fortnightly columnist. During her time at the paper, she wrote a number of highly-acclaimed pieces to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, investigated the cultural divide between the inner-city and the outer suburbs as part of an award-winning series on Melbourne, and wrote a profile of the Somali-Dutch-American feminist activist, Ayaan Hirsi Ali. She wrote a monthly column for The Australian Jewish News for seven years, contributed to a book of essays on Australian Jewish culture and edited and interpreted her father's 2001 memoir, Two Prayers to One God. She currently teaches university courses in writing and journalism. The Tainted Trial of Farah Jama is her first book. |
