Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

74 reviews

ka_cam's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Racism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Slavery, Rape, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Outing, Deportation, and Classism

cantfindmybookmark's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

razzberry_pi's review against another edition

challenging emotional

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Islamophobia, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Religious bigotry and Colonisation

livvyloveyy's review

inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia and Xenophobia

Moderate: Homophobia

eddiehits's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Racism, and Xenophobia

offbrandclubsoda's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

10/10 would recommend this to every Queer person, especially Queer Muslims

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Homophobia, Islamophobia, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Domestic abuse

ra22ouille's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.0

The queer reading or the Quran as a reading of her own life was super engaging and brought .e into Lamya's story with empathy and curiosity. This book is huge for queer, immigrant, racial, social, and religious politics, so much so in this time. It is so thoughtful and intentional and I appreciate the attention Lamya called to this intentionality (particularly at the end).

The pacing got a little stuck in the middle, but it was never uninteresting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Xenophobia, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Racism

silvae's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Transphobia, Religious bigotry, and Homophobia

poisoned_icecream's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Xenophobia, Racism, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Islamophobia

elenushka8's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse