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Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

30 reviews

ka_cam's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.75

This book makes me want to read more memoirs! And also friend chase Lamya. A moving exploration of queerness, faith, belonging, immigration, and family (chosen and otherwise!). I really enjoyed her reflections - sometimes the jumping timeline was a little jarring and I wish she dug deeper into some elements/feelings but all in all really enjoyed it! Highly recommend for queer folks, people of faith, and everyone else! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Racism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Slavery, Rape, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Outing, Deportation, and Classism

eddiehits's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book was beautifully written. She weaved between different stories from Islam and connected them to her life and experiences seamlessly. I cannot recommend this book enough 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Racism, and Xenophobia

aweekinthelife's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

a+ memoir, one of my favorites of the year. i wasn't 100% sure what to expect going in, but i really appreciated the interleaving of Islamic texts and stories with Lamya's own life stories. as someone who grew up christian, the stories felt familiar, but with a different perspective or twist. her experience as a queer asian american immigrant moving to an arabic speaking country with her family, then later to the US were powerful and i enjoyed hearing about how she made and created community for herself so intentionally. we should all "friend-chase" more. 

audio narrator did a great job! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Homophobia, and Islamophobia

sierras12's review against another edition

4.0

Really interesting, made me think about religious parables in a way i’d never considered before. You have to be okay with feeling your big sad queer feelings when reading this though (and reading a lot of racism/colorism/xenophobia) because despite the hopeful note that most chapters end with there’s a lot of pain. I’d recommend it but I can’t say it left me feeling good. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

floatinthevoid's review

informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

It feels unfair to give a rating to someone's life story. So my rating is not for the substance, but more like the technicality of the way the story is written. 

I am waiting for this release excitedly, because I want to hear a story from people like me. A queer and a muslim. I was very engaged in the first few chapters. How isolating loneliness is. How crushing it is having to face so many layers of discrimination, again and again. Continuously trying to prove yourself to be seen as worthy. I can't imagine to be Lamya, one time people respect your religion but they're racist, people respect your race but they're Islamophobic, people accept your race and religion but they're homophobic. That's a lot. She's braver than I. 

But the thing is, the way that she tried to intersect stories from Quran, stories about the Prophets, instead of connected, I feel disconnected. I don't know why. Like I can see how you try to relate yourself with stories from the Quran, but some times it just feels reaching too far. 

I have my own disagreements on how she interpret the stories, but that's really the least of my problem with this book. 

I don't think it's wrong of me to find the come out stories kinda "eh", right? I know she tried to show how she have to prove herself and try to be accepted, but maybe for me i see that a bit too often in this. It's a bit odd feeling for me who see coming out as an action that I don't have the privilege to do. 

Maybe what I expected to see more in this book is, how she confronts and fighting people who has discriminated her, not by telling, but by showing. 

I'm having massive mixed feelings about this book. It's just that I expect this book to be more encouraging?? Like I'm not even sure what message she was trying to conveyed, I don't know. That's just my thoughts and how I feel about this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Islamophobia, Racism, and Homophobia

Moderate: Cursing

marigoldgem's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Body shaming, Bullying, Racism, Classism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and Transphobia

Minor: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

linluvsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This will absolutely be one of my favorite reads this year. The pacing and narrative structure is superb. Oftentimes with memoirs I find there is plenty of interesting stories about the author’s life, but parts or the whole is light on introspection or taking their life and connecting it to the outside world - but this is where Lamya H really shines. I’ve been recommending this book to everyone since I started it and will continue to do so. Thank you to @Lupita.reads (IG) for bringing my attention to this beautiful book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Homophobia, Sexism, Bullying, Racism, Slavery, Islamophobia, Deportation, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, and Classism

Minor: Emotional abuse and Domestic abuse

jenniferbbookdragon's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

Lamya H bravely lays bare the complexity of living as a queer Muslim immigrant, in 2 very different countries far from her South Asian birthplace. Framing her story with those of prophets in the Quran centers her faith and highlights the way it has given her strength, and demonstrates how stepping away from traditional teachings and coming to her own wisdom has been worth the hard work and reflection. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Racism, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Classism, and Racial slurs

notartgarfunkel's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Islamophobia, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Transphobia

Minor: Ableism and Classism

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

Thanks to The Dial Press for the free copy of this book.

 - HIJAB BUTCH BLUES is a landmark work of queer memoir. Lamya H. weaves her own experiences as a queer person of color in with stories from the Quran, reframing the ancient stories into new contexts.
- It’s rare to see the story of a queer person who holds onto their faith after coming out, and it’s quite a breath of fresh air to follow Lamya as she builds her life and her faith into a shape that works for her.
- Honestly, nothing I say here can do this book justice. It’s a must read for anyone interested and invested in queer lives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racism, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Cursing, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Transphobia, and Xenophobia