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A review by ljrinaldi
Piece by Piece: The Story of Nisrin's Hijab by Priya Huq
4.0
Nisrin is attacked for wearing an hijab, while coming home one day from middle school. The thing is, at that point, she was just wearing it to show how it looked. She had not considered wearing it daily at that point.
In the summer she takes to recover, she realizes that she wants to start wearing sit full time, and discovers that her teacher, and her classmates hate her for it, and prejudge her, and treat her poorly, and yet, she persists.
Even her mother and grandparents do not understand why she would want to wear it. But in talking to her cousins, and in reasearching Islam, she realizes that she feels closer to god, and so continues, no matter how much hate she gets.
This is a heart breaking story, not the author’s story, but she says she relates to a lot of it.
Good book to show the other side, from the standard white male point of view.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
In the summer she takes to recover, she realizes that she wants to start wearing sit full time, and discovers that her teacher, and her classmates hate her for it, and prejudge her, and treat her poorly, and yet, she persists.
Even her mother and grandparents do not understand why she would want to wear it. But in talking to her cousins, and in reasearching Islam, she realizes that she feels closer to god, and so continues, no matter how much hate she gets.
This is a heart breaking story, not the author’s story, but she says she relates to a lot of it.
Good book to show the other side, from the standard white male point of view.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.