{"product_id":"the-things-i-would-tell-you-british-muslim-women-write-9780863561467","title":"The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmma Watson's Jan\/Feb 2019 pick for her feminist book club, Our Shared Shelf\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Guardian UK Best Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom established literary heavyweights to emerging spoken word artists, the writers in this ground-breaking collection blow away the narrow image of the 'Muslim Woman'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHear 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Algiers to Brighton, these stories transcend time and place revealing just how varied the search for belonging can be. Alongside renowned authors such as Kamila Shamsie, Ahdaf Soueif and Leila Aboulela are emerging voices, published here for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSabrina Mahfouz is a British Egyptian playwright, poet and screenwriter. She was awarded the 2014 Fringe First Award for her play Chef and her play Clean transferred to New York in 2014. Her poetry has been performed and produced for TV, radio and film, including in the recent Railway Nation: A Journey in Verse on BBC2. Mahfouz has an essay in the award-winning \u003cem\u003eThe Good Immigrant \u003c\/em\u003eand has published eight works of drama with Bloomsbury. She lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Saqi Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780863561467\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.30w x 0.80d","brand":"Sabrina Mahfouz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36645393236124,"sku":"9780863561467","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_bd217429-1d86-4c05-bdc1-80cf858eaa31.jpg?v=1603861005","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-things-i-would-tell-you-british-muslim-women-write-9780863561467","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}