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We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib

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zee's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

Habib's story is highly moving and so captivating, especially surrounding her experience as an Ahmadi Muslim in Pakistan before the move to Canada. Following that, her resilient journey to escape the rigid expectations of her parents and discover her true self is amazing.

However, as the book goes on, it starts to gloss over what would seem to be important events to her personal discovery. As deep and moving as the first half of the book is, once Habib leaves high school the rest of the story skims very quickly and it seems to be a very surface level look at her story.
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amandachar's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.25

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

this is the best book i've read this year and it's my first five star read. i cried multiple times because Samra Habib's voice is so honest and true. 
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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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readinghavoc's review against another edition

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4.25

I really really enjoyed reading this. Like a good memoir usually does, this felt both enlightening and highly relatable. I'm really glad to have gotten to read something on the relationship between religion and queerness that was both really similar and so different from my own experiences and questions. Habib's voice was strong and impressive — reading this felt like listening to and learning from a kind friend with more life experience to share. I think this would be a good read for anyone trying to unpack the relationship between their faith and identity, anyone who is trying to build a healthy relationship with a complicated parent, or anyone who wants to think some more about intersectionality and activism. 
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emmaandstuff's review against another edition

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challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Wonderfully written 
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fox's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

a moving, thought-provoking, and wholly important memoir. i was particularly affected by samra's descriptions of her complex relationship with her faith not simply as a religion but a facet of her roots, culture and self. worth checking out the "content warnings" if you need them before reading.
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lesbianlis's review against another edition

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fast-paced

4.75

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fromjuliereads's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

I don't give star ratings to nonfiction usually. 

This was such an interesting and important memoir and I am really glad that I picked it up. While it jumped back and forth between things a bit much for my liking, I am grateful to have read Samra Habib's story and had some insight into the queer Muslim community within Canada. 
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