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4.59 AVERAGE
4.59 AVERAGE
fast-paced
really really healing read. i have struggled with exactly the same things lamya has, and to see it be rendered in such crisp, clear words that are filled with humor and experience - it's really heartening. seeing stories and passages from the Quran deftly woven into her narrative, taking you through it with a clarity that is only achieved with honesty, was a wonderful touch. it's nice to be seen.
I needed this book at this specific point in my life. Thank you
inspiring
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that “dating” montage was very rough to get through omd
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challenging
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funny
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tense
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I liked this book and found it very easy to read, it makes me want to read more by Muslim authors particularly about the experience of hijabis and would’ve loved to hear more about that. The only part I would’ve liked to have been more fleshed out is her experience with Liv going home for the holidays seemed overly romanticized and through a lens of rose-colored glasses. I found myself doubting that the experience was really as beautiful and flawless as she wrote about. Otherwise, I appreciated reading this perspective and would read from this author again in a heartbeat!
All I do is talk about how the books I read are tender but I mean cmon when you write a whole memoir centred around your sexuality and faith and the two are often at odds with each other… how can that be anything but deeply tender?
This was so well laid out and walked through and I loved the use of interweaving stories from the Quran with stories from Lamya’s life. It was sweet and radical and insightful and vulnerable. I’m grateful for the way she walks us through this all and I would imagine this book would especially be special and important to any queer muslims out there who doubt and believe and wrestle and move through all that.
This was so well laid out and walked through and I loved the use of interweaving stories from the Quran with stories from Lamya’s life. It was sweet and radical and insightful and vulnerable. I’m grateful for the way she walks us through this all and I would imagine this book would especially be special and important to any queer muslims out there who doubt and believe and wrestle and move through all that.