Selected as Emma Watson's Jan/Feb 2019 pick for her feminist book club, Our Shared ShelfShortlisted for London's Big ReadA Guardian Best Book of the YearLonglisted for The People's Book PrizeFrom established literary heavyweights to emerging spoken word artists, the writers in this ground-breaking collection blow away the narrow image of the 'Muslim Woman'.
Hear from users of Islamic Tinder, a disenchanted Maulana working as a TV chat show host and a plastic surgeon blackmailed by MI6.
Follow the career of an actress with Middle-Eastern heritage whose dreams of playing a ghostbuster spiral into repeat castings as a jihadi bride.
Among stories of honour killings and ill-fated love in besieged locations, we also find heart-warming connections and powerful challenges to the status quo.
From Algiers to Brighton, these stories transcend time and place revealing just how varied the search for belonging can be.
BIC:
1DBK United Kingdom, Great Britain, DQ Anthologies (non-poetry), HRH Islam, JFSJ1 Gender studies: women, JFSR2 Islamic studies
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