A review by youngmennace
The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 3: Halal If You Hear Me by Safia Elhillo, Fatimah Asghar

5.0

Effusive praise lies ahead. This collection is divided into five parts, one part for each pillar of Islam. It honestly felt like hearing from an older sister that I don’t have, especially the fifth Zakat part. Reading it is probably the most seen I’ve ever felt, to the extent that I felt like it were the NSA, instead of Safia Elhillo and Fatimah Asghar, that put it together. I can go on for a long time about different aspects of it, but I will avoid spoiling details about what the collection addresses. Overall, it was powerful to have the chance to internalize, page after page, that there are different ways to be Muslim. And so much more, but read it for yourself.