A review by alj24
The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 3: Halal If You Hear Me by Safia Elhillo, Fatimah Asghar

4.0

It was great to have so many explicitly Muslim voices in a collection of poetry. These poems really highlighted the strength of poetry—making old things new and shifting perspectives. I learned a lot about all the different facets of Muslim life accompained with some hard-hitting lines. Again, I'm seeing that for me bingeing on poetry works with 80 page single author poetry collections but not on bigger anthologies. I also didn't love the prose selections at the end of the work; they were much less powerful. Overall, a great collection of vibrant voices and a goldmine for windows & mirrors depending on your identity.