Glad to have contributed to this important anthology edited by @helloiammariam and now out in paperback!
My essay in the anthology #ItsNotAboutTheBurqa is called Too Loud, Swears Too Much and Goes Too Far. (Sounds about right!)
Here’s a teaser:
Here’s a teaser:
I often say that Muslim women are caught between a rock and a hard place. I examine that in my essay in #ItsNotAbouttheBurqa
“Mona is too much!”
What does it mean when a woman is “too much”: she is essentially uncontrollable & unashamed.That makes her dangerous.
“Mona goes too far!”
Revolutions ‘go too far’: if your community is ready for you, then you are too late. You must challange your community
What does it mean when a woman is “too much”: she is essentially uncontrollable & unashamed.That makes her dangerous.
“Mona goes too far!”
Revolutions ‘go too far’: if your community is ready for you, then you are too late. You must challange your community
After Boris Johnson said Muslim women in Burqas looked like “letterboxes,” @helloiammariam set to collecting essays by Muslim women. Read the anthology this important anthology she edited: #itsnotabouttheburqa. I am honoured to have contributed.
