{"product_id":"its-not-about-the-burqa-muslim-women-on-faith-feminism-sexuality-and-race-9781509886425","title":"It's Not about the Burqa: Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt's Not About the Burqa\u003c\/i\u003e is an anthology of frank and insightful essays by Muslim women about the contemporary Muslim female experience. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Passionate, angry, self-effacing, nuanced and utterly compelling in every single way' - Nikesh Shukla, editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Good Immigrant\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen was the last time you heard a Muslim woman speak for herself without a filter?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYears 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking one of the most politicized and misused words associated with Muslim women and Islamophobia, \u003ci\u003eIt's Not About the Burqa\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a mix of British and international women writers, from activist Mona Eltahawy's definition of a revolution to journalist and broadcaster Saima Mir telling the story of her experience of arranged marriage, from author Sufiya Ahmed on her Islamic feminist icon to playwright Afshan D'souza-Lodhi's moving piece about her relationship with her hijab, these essays are funny, warm, sometimes sad, and often angry, and each of them is a passionate declaration calling time on the oppression, the lazy stereotyping, the misogyny and the Islamophobia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat does it mean, exactly, to be a Muslim woman in the West today? According to the media, it's all about the burqa. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere's what it's really about. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e for Foyles Non-Fiction Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Engrossing . . . fascinating . . . courageous' - \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509886425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Mariam Khan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51990802333877,"sku":"9781509886425","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_cde1ccbd-595f-42fa-986d-2da84aa6c219.jpg?v=1762837801","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/its-not-about-the-burqa-muslim-women-on-faith-feminism-sexuality-and-race-9781509886425","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}