It's
Not About the Burqa
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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.
Product
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File Size :
954 KB
Publisher :
Picador (February 21, 2019)
Publication Date : February 21,
2019
Sold by : Amazon.com Services
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Language : English
ASIN : B07GWNH5F7
