Yassmin Abdel-Magied (@Yassmin_a) is a Sudanese Australian engineer-turned-writer. She recently published her first novel, You Must Be Layla, after a tumultuous year when, as she describes, became "the most hated Muslim woman in Australia." She talks to Rose Reid about starting over, and why she left race cars & oil rigs to begin writing, speaking, and doing Tedx Talks about unconscious bias. Join in the conversation, or find more @TheWomenPod.

- Every episode of The Women, host Rose Reid profiles one person who has journeyed to do the extraordinary.

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