if you’re looking for a good read this valentine’s day check out love, inshallah, a book about intimacy, romance and dating from the perspectives of muslim women in america. sounds like it’s debunking myths and invalidating stereotypes–my kinda read. thanks niah for suggesting it!
These heartfelt narratives are filled with passion and hope, loss and longing: A quintessential blonde California girl travels abroad to escape suffocating responsibilities at home, only to fall in love with a handsome Brazilian stranger she may never see again. An orthodox African-American woman must face her growing attraction to her female friend. A young girl defies her South Asian parents’ cultural expectations with an interracial relationship. And a Southern woman agrees to consider an arranged marriage, with surprising results.
Everyone seems to have an opinion about Muslim women, even (especially!) those who have never met one. Co-editors Ayesha Mattu and Nura Maznavi thought it was about time we heard directly from Muslim women themselves. You’ll be captivated by these moving, funny, provocative and surprising stories, each as individual as the writers themselves.
A beautiful collection that reminds us all not only of the diversity of the American Muslim community, but the universality of the human condition, especially when it comes to something as magical and complicated as love.
– Reza Aslan, bestselling author of No god but God
you’re welcome sis! i’m going to pick it up this weekend and let you know what i think over tea after a much needed yoga session. 🙂
Wont take much convincing. I owe you for my crochet lesson. heehee!