Reviews

Cut From the Same Cloth? Muslim Women on Life in Britain by Sabeena Akhtar

awhittz's review

4.5

I’ve struggled to put into words how great Cut from the Same Cloth? was - a book I’d never have come across without Everyday Racism Book Club. Multiple snapshots of life as a Muslim woman, this was so varied but frequently moving and insightful, particularly the chapter on Grenfell, which will stay with me forever.

smithhailey05's review

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

jetpackbingo's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

faehistory's review

emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

12dejamoo's review

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

I think this was a really solid collection. Definitely felt like the essays were a really good length, with none feeling overly long, but also none feeling like they were missing more. I think personally a few nearer the start were my favourites, whilst as the book went on I found fewer that really resonated with me. That being said, none of the essays stood out as bad. I think all of them were well written and all had at least something to celebrate and learn and reflect upon. I loved that you could see the individual personalities in each piece, and each felt distinct from the others.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Islamophobia

iina's review

4.0

This was a great essay collection about what it’s like to be a Muslim woman in Britain in this day and age!

Thank you to Unbound for sending me a review copy.

I enjoyed reading this book as its essays span a variety of topics from career, social media, Covid-19 and Grenfell to dating, modesty, racism, and family life. The book isn’t secular/purely cultural in nature as all the authors are practicing Muslims, but they also do not focus on religion in the stereotypical way (ie. answering stupid questions about the hijab etc…) and have a range of backgrounds from different ethnicities to converts to the faith as well as those who grew up Muslim. Would absolutely recommend this to everyone!

thatothernigeriangirl's review

4.0

What a brilliant collection!
I enjoyed reading every single essay in this book. They were all thought provoking and —most importantly— covers VERY diverse topics.

A loud testament to the heterogeneity of Muslim women; an unabashed ‘NO’ to the question the title poses.

I only gave it 4 stars because some of the essays would have come out better with more rigorous editing. The extra words made it difficult to read through some of them once.
Overall, highly recommend this one

thebookemperor's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

nics's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

ecpritchard's review

challenging emotional informative

4.75