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Layla Saad

b. 1983

British author

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About Layla Saad

Born 1983. Layla Saad is a British writer.

Layla Saad is a British social-media figure and author. After starting an Instagram trend #MeAndWhiteSupremacy, she developed her work into the digital Me and White Supremacy Workbook. It was published in 2020 as the book Me and White Supremacy, which entered The New York Times Best Seller list.

Early life Saad's mother was from Zanzibar, Tanzania, while her father was from Mombasa, Kenya. They both moved to Wales, where they met and where Saad was born and raised. She also lived in Tanzania and Swindon, United Kingdom, while growing up. As a child, she was a fan of detective fiction. The family moved to Qatar when Saad was aged 15.

Career In 2017, Saad wrote a blog post "I Need to Talk to Spiritual White Women About White Supremacy". Well received by some, it also received a backlash from some white people. Following this, she wrote the digital Me and White Supremacy Workbook, which was downloaded by 100,000 people over the course of six months, with public figures including Anne Hathaway, Elizabeth Gilbert, Robin DiAngelo and Glennon Doyle endorsing the book. As of 2019, a young readers' edition to the book is planned. The book received renewed attention following the May 2020 murder of George Floyd and subsequent protests, with a surge in sales of books about race. The book reached number five on the New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction list on 12 July 2020. It was third on the Sunday Times Bestsellers list on 26 June 2020. On the audiobook sales website Audible, the book was sixth in non-fiction sales for the week ending 5 June 2020.

Saad hosts the Good Ancestor Podcast, interviewing people about "ancestors" in their family or in wider society who have influenced them.

Personal life Saad lives in Doha, Qatar. She is married and has two children, Maya and Mohamed. Saad is a Muslim.

Works Saad, Layla (2020). Me and White Supremacy. Sourcebooks.

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1983, Wales
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Education
Lancaster University

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Who is Layla Saad?

British author

When was Layla Saad born?

Layla Saad was born in 1983 in Wales.

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Layla Saad is a writer.

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Layla Saad is British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Layla Saad

· Wikidata: Q96313660

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