Reviews tagging 'Racism'

We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib

53 reviews

lenaricharz's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

booksbynoe's review against another edition

4.0

8/10

Habib's memoir focuses mainly on her identity, her sense of belonging, her queerness and her relationship with Islam. The writing is plain and simple and it makes the memoir very accesible; she doesn't dive deep into certain issues and I respect her decision despite feeling some elements could have been explored more for a more rounded narrative. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Islamophobia and Racism

doireann_ni_chaoimh's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

While I liked the fact that this was a story from someone whose experience was so different from my own, the whole story lacked personality or feeling or something. 

It felt like the author was keeping the reader at arms length, almost like reading a news bulletin about things that have happened in the author’s life we no introspective element to it which left the whole reading experience feeling cold.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Racism

Moderate: Homophobia

tahsintries's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Islamophobia, Racism, and Sexual assault

leocancer's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia and Racism

Moderate: Homophobia and Suicide

kayleyhyde's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Xenophobia, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

deenmachine's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Xenophobia, and Racism

nikolas_fox's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

"Dedicating your life to understanding yourself can be its own form of protest, especially when the world tells you that you don't exist."

This book was really great. I don't read a lot of memoirs, but I am so glad I picked this one up. Samra's unapologetic queerness in combination with her Muslim identity was amazing to read about. So many people say that queer Muslims don't exist and like the title says 'We have always been here' just because you don't see something doesn't mean it's not there.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

natashad's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

annaminunlukea's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, and Sexism

Minor: Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt