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A review by martha_is_reading
The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write by Sabrina Mahfouz
3.0
An anthology of writing by British Muslim women, featuring well-known writers such as Kamila Shamsie alongside new, emerging talent.
The big caveat to this rating is that I totally misconstrued what this collection was - I assumed it was a collection of essays! Not sure why. It's actually a mix of short stories, poetry and essays, the latter being very much in the minority. I don't generally get on very well with poetry or short stories, so that impacted my enjoyment of this book.
It's hard to give an overall rating, so instead I rated each part individually:
Under the Cypress Tree by Fadia Faqir - 2 stars
Home, to a Man, and other poems by Amina Jama - 3 stars
Cutting Someone's heart Out With a Spoon by Chimene Suleyman - 4 stars
Us by Chimene Suleyman - 5 stars
Sentence, and other poems by Aliyah Hasinah Holder - 4.5 stars
The Girl Next Door by Kamila Shamsie - 4 stars
The Right Word and other poems by Imtiaz Dharker - 3 stars
Islamic Tinder by Triska Hamid - 4 stars
This Body is Woman by Nafeesa Hamid - 3 stars
Mezzaterra by Ahdaf Soueif - 5 stars
Uomini Cadranno by Seema Begum - 3 stars
The Insider by Leila Aboulela - DNF
Fallujah, Basra and other poems by Shazea Quraishi - 3 stars
Blood and Broken Bodies by Shaista Aziz - 5 stars
Stand By Me by Miss L - 4 stars
Staying Alive Through Brexit: Racism, Mental Health and Emotional Labour by Aisha Mirza - 5 stars
The Things I Would Tell You and other poems by Hibaq Osman - 3 stars
Brown Girl and other poems by Azra Tabassum - 3 stars
Take Me There by Selma Dabbagh- 5 stars
Last Assignment to Jenin by Selma Dabbagh - 4 stars
Belongings and other poems by Asma Elbadawi - 4 stars
My Other Half by Samira Shackle - 3.5 stars
Battleface by Sabrina Mahfouz - 4 stars
An Eye That Sees by Hanan al-Shaykh - 4 stars
The big caveat to this rating is that I totally misconstrued what this collection was - I assumed it was a collection of essays! Not sure why. It's actually a mix of short stories, poetry and essays, the latter being very much in the minority. I don't generally get on very well with poetry or short stories, so that impacted my enjoyment of this book.
It's hard to give an overall rating, so instead I rated each part individually:
Under the Cypress Tree by Fadia Faqir - 2 stars
Home, to a Man, and other poems by Amina Jama - 3 stars
Cutting Someone's heart Out With a Spoon by Chimene Suleyman - 4 stars
Us by Chimene Suleyman - 5 stars
Sentence, and other poems by Aliyah Hasinah Holder - 4.5 stars
The Girl Next Door by Kamila Shamsie - 4 stars
The Right Word and other poems by Imtiaz Dharker - 3 stars
Islamic Tinder by Triska Hamid - 4 stars
This Body is Woman by Nafeesa Hamid - 3 stars
Mezzaterra by Ahdaf Soueif - 5 stars
Uomini Cadranno by Seema Begum - 3 stars
The Insider by Leila Aboulela - DNF
Fallujah, Basra and other poems by Shazea Quraishi - 3 stars
Blood and Broken Bodies by Shaista Aziz - 5 stars
Stand By Me by Miss L - 4 stars
Staying Alive Through Brexit: Racism, Mental Health and Emotional Labour by Aisha Mirza - 5 stars
The Things I Would Tell You and other poems by Hibaq Osman - 3 stars
Brown Girl and other poems by Azra Tabassum - 3 stars
Take Me There by Selma Dabbagh- 5 stars
Last Assignment to Jenin by Selma Dabbagh - 4 stars
Belongings and other poems by Asma Elbadawi - 4 stars
My Other Half by Samira Shackle - 3.5 stars
Battleface by Sabrina Mahfouz - 4 stars
An Eye That Sees by Hanan al-Shaykh - 4 stars