{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMariam Khan (born 1993) is a British writer and activist. She is the editor of \u003ci\u003eIt's Not About the Burqa\u003c\/i\u003e, an anthology of essays by Muslim women. She lives in Birmingham.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51735901077778,"sku":"9781509886425","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a7590500-64fd-4b4e-8554-2e58dac81a58.jpg?v=1763544778","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/its-not-about-the-burqa-muslim-women-on-faith-feminism-sexuality-and-race-9781509886425","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}