Mariam Khan - 2019 - It's Not About the Burqa (Nonfiction)

It's Not About the Burqa - Mariam Khan - 2019

Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race







By: Mariam Khan

Narrated by: Mariam Khan, Amna Saleem, Afshan D'souza-Lodhi, Coco Khan, Jamilla Hekmoun, Malia Bouattia, Maya Saroya, Mona Eltahawy, Nadine Aisha Jassat, Nafisa Bakkar, Raifa Rafiq, Saima Mir, Salma El-Wardany, Salma Haidrani

Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins

Unabridged Audiobook

Release date: 02-21-19

Categories: Nonfiction, Essays, Gender Studies, Racism & Discrimination, Islam

Language: English

Publisher: Picador

Format mp3 64/48 stereo







When was the last time you heard a Muslim woman speak for herself without a filter?



Shortlisted for Foyles Non-Fiction Book of the Year



In 2016, Mariam Khan read that David Cameron had linked the radicalisation 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 politicised 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: 18 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.



©2019 Mariam Khan (P)2019 Macmillan Digital Audio



Critic Reviews



"Engrossing...fascinating...courageous." (Observer)











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