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Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

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serenityfound's review against another edition

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5.0

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bashsbooks's review against another edition

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5.0

Hijab Butch Blues flawlessly demonstrates the complex interplay between religion, queerness, race, and immigration. It follows the life of the pseudonymous Lamya H, who is from an unnamed Southeastern Asian country, grew up in an unnamed Arab country, and eventually moved to the United States. I especially enjoyed the interweaving of the stories from the Quran and their application to Lamya's personal life and struggles.

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invaderday's review against another edition

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5.0

honestly i can't wait to buy this book and read it again and go through it with a highlighter. lamya's writing is as accessible as it is moving, which is to say: extremely. i'm blown away by how much love and care and meaning went into every word of this book, and how grateful i am to have read it. this book cracked me open like an egg (positive)

read this book!! tell everyone you know to read this book!!!

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ka_cam's review against another edition

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4.75

This book makes me want to read more memoirs! And also friend chase Lamya. A moving exploration of queerness, faith, belonging, immigration, and family (chosen and otherwise!). I really enjoyed her reflections - sometimes the jumping timeline was a little jarring and I wish she dug deeper into some elements/feelings but all in all really enjoyed it! Highly recommend for queer folks, people of faith, and everyone else!

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This book was amazing, probably one of my favorites of the year. I loved the way Lamya intertwined their life experiences and related them to the Stories/Excerpts of the Quran it was really interesting and Captivating. I also really enjoyed when she went into depths about her queerness and social justice in the later part of the book, will definitely get my own copy and reread and annotate. Would recommend it to everyone!

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razzberry_pi's review against another edition

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4.75

Beautifully written memoir of a queer Muslim woman that unpacks a lot of different things she has been through while relating them to various prophets in Islam.

As a queer person in my early 20s it feels amazing to get to read a coming of age story that doesnt stop where I am now. Most of the growth in the story happens much later in her life, especially romantically which was good for me to hear.

The religious aspects of the book were also very interesting to me as I don't know a ton about Islam and seeing the differences and similarities between these narratives and Jewish ones was super interesting.

also the bit about learning to be less self sufficient had me by the throat it was so good.

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5.0

This book was beautifully written. She weaved between different stories from Islam and connected them to her life and experiences seamlessly. I cannot recommend this book enough

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tigger89's review against another edition

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4.5

I was a little bit nervous going into this because, while I know a little about Islam, I was concerned this book might get too in-depth for me. But I shouldn't have worried at all, because this was written to be very accessible to anyone who's been exposed to the Abrahamic canon. While I often couldn't place a character immediately, as Lamya began to describe their stories I realized that I already knew most of them in broad strokes, even if the details were different. I will say that I'm sure these stories are more a personal interpretation than a scholarly overview. For example, I very much doubt that it's generally accepted among scholars of Islam that Maryam, mother of Isa(Jesus, in Christianity), was a lesbian, or that Allah is explicitly a non-binary being. But it's Lamya's right to seek her own truth in tradition, and I appreciate her sharing that interpretation.

This memoir is, in the grand queer tradition, organized by topic rather than being presented in linear order. She skips forward and backward through the chapters of her life as needed, from her teenage years to college, back to her childhood then ahead to her late 20s, back to college, and so on. I found the ordering to be easy to read, but it's something to be prepared for going in if you're not familiar with this style of memoir.

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5.0

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