It's Not About the Burqa: Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race
When was the last time you heard a Muslim woman speak for herself without a filter?
In 2016, Mariam Khan read that David Cameron had linked the radicalization of Muslim men to the ‘traditional submissiveness’ of Muslim women. Mariam felt pretty sure she didn’t know a single Muslim woman who would describe herself that way. Why was she hearing about Muslim women from people who were neither Muslim, nor female?
Years later the state of the national discourse has deteriorated even further, and Muslim women’s voices are still pushed to the fringes – the figures leading the discussion are white and male.
Taking one of the most politicized and misused words associated with Muslim women and Islamophobia, It’s Not About the Burqa is poised to change all that. Here are voices you won’t see represented in the national news headlines: seventeen Muslim women speaking frankly about the hijab and wavering faith, about love and divorce, about feminism, queer identity, sex, and the twin threats of a disapproving community and a racist country. Funny, warm, sometimes sad, and often angry, each of these essays is a passionate declaration, and each essay is calling time on the oppression, the lazy stereotyping, the misogyny and the Islamophobia.
What does it mean, exactly, to be a Muslim woman in the West today? According to the media, it’s all about the burqa.
Here’s what it’s really about
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Brilliant and thought provoking collection of essays by unapologetically honest and inspiring Muslim women form various socio-economic backgrounds. Writing is easy to digest despite the complexity of the topics covered - creating your own identity at the intersection of different cultures; challenging popular (incorrect) beliefs about Islam and women or considering the role of "white" feminism in the oppression of Muslim women.
This book forced me to confront a series of stereotypes that I had (and still have) about Islam and the Muslim community. I still don't know much about Islam but at least I know where to begin educating myself.
Brilliant and thought provoking collection of essays by unapologetically honest and inspiring Muslim women form various socio-economic backgrounds. Writing is easy to digest despite the complexity of the topics covered - creating your own identity at the intersection of different cultures; challenging popular (incorrect) beliefs about Islam and women or considering the role...
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