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Article: 'Slumdog' star writes memoir - at the age of nine
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- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 5, 2009
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Rubina Ali, one of the young stars of the Oscar-winning film, is
making publishing history with an account of her unexpected rise to
fame
She was the young star of the hottest film of last year and only
recently performed alongside Nicole Kidman. At nine years old,
Rubina Ali, who was plucked from a Mumbai slum to act in the multi-
Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire, has already chalked up more
experiences than most. Nevertheless, it is hard to know how any
child her age could "write" a book about her life. Yet in Slumgirl
Dreaming, with which she will make publishing history next week by
becoming the youngest person ever to pen a memoir, she does just
that.
In it, Rubina - who played the ...