Mohana Rajakumar

Mohana Rajakumar

(She/Her)
Writer
Mohana is a scholar, novelist, screenwriter and standup comic who creates humorous feminist and cultural content that has been recognized internationally.

Full Bio
BOOKS
An Unlikely Goddess, novel, New Novelist, She Writes (2014)
From Dunes to Dior, Best Indie book (2013)
“Dasi” Sierra Leone Pen International Award
MJ and the Dream, Winner, Mom’s Choice Award (2017)

FEATURES CONTRIBUTOR
AudioFile Magazine, Brownbook Middle East, Conde Nast, Explore Qatar, Expat Arrivals, Expat Radio, Global Coach Academy, Isola, Oolala! QatarClick, Qatar Explorer, Qatar Foundation Radio, Society, The Woman, Vox Magazine, Variety Arabia, Woman Today, Writers and Artists Yearbook.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Qatari Voices. Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing (2010; 2012)
Hazawi

Professional Credits
SHORT FILMS
Me Against the World, producer, screenwriter (2021)
Um Khalifa (Khalifa’s Mother), producer, (2017)
Industry Awards
Down, Quarter Finalist, Blue Cat Screenplay Competition (2020)

Down, Semi-Finalist, Austin Film Festival (2020)

Down, selected, Filmstrip International Film Festival (2020)

Love Comes Later, Honorable Mention, Finish Line Script Competition (2021)

Love Comes Later, Semi-Finalist, Mallorca International Film Festival (2021)

Not Black Enough, short screenplay, semi-finalist, The Red Script, 2020
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