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Title:
It's Not About the Burqa: Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race (MP3)
Written by:
Mariam Khan 
Read by:
Full CastMaya Saroya 
Format:
Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book 
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Duration:
6 hours 32 minutes 
MP3 size:
270 MB 
Published:
March 28 2019 
Available Date:
March 28 2019 
Age Category:
Adult 
ISBN:
9781529018011 
Genres:
Non-fiction; Islam; Philosophy; Political; Politics & Current Affairs; Religious 
Publisher:
Bolinda/Macmillan audio 
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It's Not About the Burqa is an anthology of essays by Muslim women about the contemporary Muslim female experience.

When was the last time you heard a Muslim woman speak for herself without a filter? In 2016, Mariam Khan read that David Cameron had linked the radicalisation of Muslim men to the ‘traditional submissiveness’ of Muslim women. Mariam felt pretty sure she didn’t know a single Muslim woman who would describe herself that way. Why was she hearing about Muslim women from people who were neither Muslim, nor female? Years later the state of the national discourse has deteriorated even further, and Muslim women’s voices are still pushed to the fringes – the figures leading the discussion are white and male. Taking one of the most politicised and misused words associated with Muslim women and Islamophobia, It’s Not About the Burqa is poised to change all that. Here are voices you won’t see represented in the national news headlines: 17 Muslim women speaking frankly about the hijab and wavering faith, about love and divorce, about feminism, queer identity, sex and the twin threats of a disapproving community and a racist country. Funny, warm, sometimes sad and often angry, each of these essays is a passionate declaration, and each essay is calling time on the oppression, the lazy stereotyping, the misogyny and the Islamophobia. What does it mean, exactly, to be a Muslim woman in the West today? According to the media, it’s all about the burqa. Here’s what it’s really about.

'An incredibly important collection of essays that explores the pressures of being a Muslim woman today. These essays are passionate, angry, self-effacing, nuanced and utterly compelling in every single way.'
Nikesh Shukla