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A review by alicechris
It's Not About the Burqa by Mariam Khan
4.0
Found this really interesting, as with all essay collections there were ups and downs and so this took me a while to get through (although I found the essays got better as I went on). I tend not to engage with (organised) religion and so was surprised by how powerful and inspiring these explorations of Islam are - this book is an important reminder of how faith can be a progressive force for good.
This is also a book of a specific moment - without checking the publication date I could easily describe it as 'post-brexit and pre-BLM'. There's an element of 2010s pop feminism individualism to this kind of essay style that I don't feel totally comfortable with, but it didn't take much away from my enjoyment of these essays.
This is also a book of a specific moment - without checking the publication date I could easily describe it as 'post-brexit and pre-BLM'. There's an element of 2010s pop feminism individualism to this kind of essay style that I don't feel totally comfortable with, but it didn't take much away from my enjoyment of these essays.