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Media & Entertainment, Women — March 31, 2020   

Must Read Books from Female Muslim Authors

Original article by Brianna Kovan published in the Bustle on 03/30/2020

Photo Credit: Richard Drury, Getty via Bustle
Photo Credit: Richard Drury, Getty via Bustle

Fatima Farheen Mirza, the New York Times bestselling author of A Place For Us, along with Bustle editors compiled a “listicle” of their favorite recent books from female Muslim authors and here are a few from their list:

— Hard Damage by Aria Aber
“…so brave, beautiful, and painfully brilliant. I make sure to keep it nearby and I return to it often. She writes lines that blow you away like, ‘If, despite relentless blue, despite snow, you dared to hold me/ and I dared to be held.'”

— Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World
“Writers who cover their homelands highlight the voices of several Muslim women risking their lives from the front lines. The collection shines light on the intimate stories that only women journalists can tell as they navigate violence often covered by white, Western men. ‘These are our women on the ground,” writes the book’s editor, Zahra Hankir, “I invite you all to listen to what they have to say. They may surprise you.'”

— The Invisible Muslim: Journeys Through Whiteness and Islam, by Medina Tenour Whiteman
“A book of personal essays that does the necessary work of interrogating the nuances and complexities of identity and faith.”

— A Place For Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
“It blew me away, this quiet story of a Muslim family in the Bay Area. As the children grow, the narrative sneaks under bedroom doors, from the protective older sister’s to her flailing younger brother’s. Together they work to hold each other together, while individually reckoning with American racism.”

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