Shafinaaz Hassim

Shafinaaz Hassim

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Shafinaaz Hassim is a South African author, poet and sociologist. Her works include “Daughters are Diamonds: Honour, Shame & Seclusion- A South African Perspective” (2007) and “Memoirs For Kimya” (2009). Shafinaaz completed a Master of Arts in Social Science at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, and after some work in social science research, she joined the corporate world. Her first book was launched at the Cape Town Book Fair in 2007. She lectured undergrad and postgrad courses in post-structuralist feminism at the University of KZN in Durban, South Africa during 2008 and her second book was launched on Women’s Day at Museum Africa during the Jozi Book Fair 2009. Based on her research, she has presented seminars at Humboldt University in Berlin and she currently lectures the contemporary feminism course at the Department of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, SA.
Shafinaaz is the editor of “Belly of Fire: an anthology” (2011) and awaits the launch of her novel, “SoPhia”. She is also engaged in the research and write-up of the biography of Maulvi IA Cachalia, an ANC activist who spent three decades in exile.

Commitment

Commitment

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<p>It’s hard to be committed to anyone when you don’t know whom to trust.</p><p>Alexis Toles, a former FBI agent turned undercover CIA agent, is quickly finding that out in Nancy Ann Healy’s newest political thriller, <i>Commitment</i>.</p><p>Alex embeds in a secret organization of intelligence operatives known as The Collaborative. Its partners include operatives from the CIA, National Security Agency, FBI, US Department of Defense, and an entanglement of foreign intelligence agencies.</p><p>It’s about half a year after the death of President John Merrow, a friend and someone she respected. But she remains committed to overthrowing The Collaborative as she works with a onetime adversary who believes the organization’s involved in the president’s death.</p><p>Meanwhile Alex; her wife, Cassidy O’Brien; and Cassidy’s son try hard to live as a family but must first overcome personal struggles, including a nasty custody battle with Cassidy’s ex-husband, Congressman Christopher O’Brien. The family has their own share of secrets that, if unleashed, could affect their hopes for the future.</p><p>There’s no place to turn without discovering people who are not who they claim to be. That can’t stop Alex. She must remain committed to the cause, both at home and as she works against The Collaborative.</p>

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