A review by wchereads
Gendered Islamophobia: My Journey with a Scar(f) by Monia Mazigh

hopeful informative inspiring reflective

3.75

This was a good read. I struggled staying engaged at times and thought that more editing could help the writing be more focused and clearer; still, i had lots of reflections myself and definitely got a lot out of it.

According to Abu-Lughod, Muslim women go through a "matrix of oppression," which includes the political, the economic, and the mundane varieties... Many women, despite their oppressive conditions, have no choice but to stay in them because of police abuse, political corruption, and economic policies that keep them poor. If we want to "save" Muslim women, we need to "save" them from the lack of opportunities dictated by their conditions.

Any feminism that does not acknowledge intersectionality and the most vulnerable & marginalized part of the population is white supremacy and elitism.