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A review by frlzimt
The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write by Sabrina Mahfouz
4.0
This is a book I picked up first and foremost because I wanted to support its cause. Giving a voice to British Muslim women, but also showcasing a wide array of British Muslim voices, is alone well worth the price of it. So I didn't even look inside before I bought it - and then ended up reading all but the last two stories in a little less than a day (the last two I savoured over breakfast during the first two days of the new week). This slim volume is teeming with compelling voices that range from traditional fiction over poetry and drama to nonfiction and opinion pieces.
"Only" 4 stars because one of its strengths is also, perhaps, a weakness - there is so wide a scope of voices and genres that inevitably it will also contain some that are less appealing to the individual reader. It is also, however, a wonderfully compact introduction to a number of highly interesting writers, and I will definitely be wanting more.
"Only" 4 stars because one of its strengths is also, perhaps, a weakness - there is so wide a scope of voices and genres that inevitably it will also contain some that are less appealing to the individual reader. It is also, however, a wonderfully compact introduction to a number of highly interesting writers, and I will definitely be wanting more.