The Things I Would Tell You
British Muslim Women Write
London : Saqi Books, 2017.
Format: Book
Description: 252 pages ; 22 cm
From 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.
Contents:
Under the cypress tree / Fadia Faqir -- Home, to a man and other poems / Amina Jama -- Cutting someone's heart out with a spoon / Chimene Suleyman -- Us / Chimene Suleyman -- Sentence and other poems / Aliyah Hasinah Holder -- The girl next door / Kamila Shamsie -- The right word and other poems / Imtiaz Dkarker -- Islamic Tinder / Triska Hamid -- This body is woman / Nafeesa Hamid -- Mezzaterra / Ahdaf Soueif -- Uomini Cadranno / Seema Begum -- The insider / Leila Aboulela -- Fallujah, Basrah and other poems / Shazea Quraishi -- Blood and broken bodies / Shaista Aziz -- Stand by me / Mill L -- Staying alive through Brexit: racism, mental health and emotional labour / Aisha Mirza -- The things I would tell you and other poems / Hibaq Osman -- Brown girl and other poems / Azra Tabassum -- Take me there / Selma Dabbagh -- Last assignment to Jenin / Selma Dabbagh -- Belongings and other poems / Asma Elbadawi -- My other half / Samira Shackle -- Battle face / Sabriina Mahfouz -- An eye that sees / Hanan al-Shaykh.
Subjects:
Muslim women -- Great Britain -- Literary collections.
Muslim women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- Literary collections.
Muslim women in literature.
English fiction -- Women authors.
English prose literature -- Women authors.
Muslim women -- Great Britain -- Literary collections.
Muslim women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- Literary collections.
Muslim women in literature.
English fiction -- Women authors.
English prose literature -- Women authors.
ISBN:
9780863561467
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