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4.59 AVERAGE
4.59 AVERAGE
It felt like a devotional book. One I'm glad exists but one I just didn't enjoy. It felt triggering due to my own background. Plus I'm just not that into memoirs. Also it seemed to talk around what the speaker's gender was or wasn't while all the while they seemed to be perceived everywhere as a woman. Maybe I'm too old and a certain kind of nonbinary to get it.
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A bit too earnest/basic, but still enjoyable as an audiobook. A nice introduction to Islam for someone like me with zero context for any religion
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A beautiful memoir that weaves stories from Islam and the Quran with the author’s experiences growing up queer and Muslim. Lamya speaks about her personal spirituality beautifully, with passion and curiosity and respect. She manages to hold the complexity of her identity with pride. It’s the kind of book that calls for a better world, with more love and care and understanding.
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i really really loved this. i thought it was so beautiful to see the narrator find themself reflected back to them through their holy book. i liked hearing the reflections, the stories from the quran and their own life all mixed together to make powerful and moving storytelling.
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Inspiring, deeply true, and full of hope. Every queer person should read this, every religious person should read this, every person should read this. Connection to faith, to love, to community - and how it heals and hurts and heals again, all in one book.
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