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A review by wchereads
Belonging and Banishment: Being Muslim in Canada by
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Out of the recent books I read by Muslim authors on being Muslim in Canada, this was my favourite one, despite being the one published the earliest. "Knowing the universe in all its conditions" by Arif Babul, a physical cosmologist and professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Victoria, is absolutely fascinating and made even me, someone who's always had some sort of space-phobia, appreciate the universe.
I also realize that I may have a bias towards more academic writing - majority of the writers in this collection are either professors or professionals in various fields with post-secondary education. Comparing to the writers in "The Muslimah That Fell To Earth", there is definitely a lack of diversity in terms of class / economic status. I am an ESL writer myself and yet I don't give other ESL writers enough grace. I think that this is something I have to reflect on.
I also realize that I may have a bias towards more academic writing - majority of the writers in this collection are either professors or professionals in various fields with post-secondary education. Comparing to the writers in "The Muslimah That Fell To Earth", there is definitely a lack of diversity in terms of class / economic status. I am an ESL writer myself and yet I don't give other ESL writers enough grace. I think that this is something I have to reflect on.