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Ahdaf Soueif,Fadia Faqir,Kamila Shamsie,Selma Dabbagh,Imtiaz Dharker,Leila Aboulela,Chimene Suleyman,Samira Shackle

The Things I Would Tell You

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.
209 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2017
Publication year
2017
Publisher
Saqi Books
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  • Maryana Lhas quoted6 years ago
    never fails to surprise me how much representation can empower and how much non- or misrepresentation can disempower. We should never underestimate this, and we must do whatever we can to challenge the current dominant narrative

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