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Habibi: A Muslim Love Story Anthology
Habibi is a new zine-style anthology featuring prose stories and comics weaving together stories of love told by Muslim women. Each piece is a unique perspective on what love can mean to someone, whether it's romantic, familial, or even love of self.
Very rarely are Muslim women part of the narrative on love in any of its forms and now we're speaking for ourselves.
Very rarely are Muslim women part of the narrative on love in any of its forms and now we're speaking for ourselves.
148 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2018
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May 8, 2018
I enjoyed this a lot! I think it would've been better if the comic parts were spread throughout the book, but oh well, I liked the stories a lot more than them anyway. Everyone except Karuna Riazi were new-to-me authors, but I'd definitely read more from many of them. My favorites were A Gentle Push, Love God Herself, One Day, The Long Way Around and Hijrah from the Harem. Such a sweet collection of love in all its forms!
Rating: 3.5 Paw Prints!
Rating: 3.5 Paw Prints!
March 9, 2024
Read the story by Zainab bint younus and man does she write well!!! I really need to read stories and books like her writing style and topics 🤌🏻✨
October 1, 2020
Putting aside my own two contributions (ahem!), I did enjoy the rest of the anthology... some stories more than others. I love the theme that runs throughout every story, and especially the android comic!
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June 21, 2020Definitely read and loved this, couldn’t tell you when, let’s just say it was last year
May 11, 2018
I was a Kickstarter backer for this project!
There were some good stories in here but others were lacking from a purely storytelling aspect in my opinion. Full review to come on Books and Ladders!
There were some good stories in here but others were lacking from a purely storytelling aspect in my opinion. Full review to come on Books and Ladders!
June 8, 2018
Highlights for me were the pieces Not a Love Story and Hijrah.
October 29, 2018
A collection of stories written only by women Muslim writers/artists.
Because I have some Arabic family, I've always found the culture really interesting. I love the language and find the culture intriguing, so when I heard about this anthology, I thought it was right up my alley, even if it is filled with love stories.
My biggest problem with this book was probably that it wasn't well constructed. The first 5 shorts were comics, but there was no real way telling where one stopped and the other began, which was kind of a downer.
Individual review to follow:
SPARK by Autumn Crossman — 3/5
SKIN by Priya Huq — 4/5
PEARLS OF LIFE by Reem Madoah — 3/5
IN THE LOVE OF LIFE by Loujaim Alzhrani — 3/5
LOVING IRAN, LOVING ME by Sofee — 5/5
(I didn't post individual reviews of these as the first time I read them I thought they were all the same comic and so I ended up being really confused and having to reread them to understand.)
A GENTLE PUSH—Naziyya Haque
The first not—comic of the collection. I really enjoyed the setting and the subtle undertones of the story. It was well written and cute
5/5
BHALOBHASHA—Nusaibi Chowdhury
A good example of familial love, bur there were some things in the writing that ruined it for me
4/5
DON'T LOOK, JUST LEAP—Tanzila Anis
Compared to the last two stories, this wasn't anything special. It was cute, but it didn't give me the same feelings as the others + it was rather predictable
3/5
LOVE GOD HERSELF—Cam Montgomery
This short was real and painful. I remember asking the same questions and having the same thought about Christianity when I was 5 (long story) I remember those feelings when I was 13 (same story)
This short made me cry and hope all at once. It was real, not matter religion or gender. It was real
5/5
NOT A LOVESTORY—Zainab bint Younus
While this was beautifully written, that's about the only thing I'm left with from this. It was interesting, but grew to be too long in the end
3/5
ONE DAY—Iqra Mehdi
So this one had a cute ending but that's about it. Great for YA romance lovers, not so great for me, but not bad either
3/5
THE HOPE CHEST—Karuna Riazi
I felt like I only got half the story in this one. May just be me being tired, but it left me with more questions than answers
3/5
THE LONG WAY AROUND—Heraa Hashmi
This was a really strong story about a painful but oh, so important topic. If you're just going to read one of these stories, this one is the most important one. The most forgotten
5/5
HIJRAH FROM THE HAREM—Ivy West/Sakhta Khatun
I had such high hopes for this one, but it turned out to be rather pointless and boring
2.5/5
Because I have some Arabic family, I've always found the culture really interesting. I love the language and find the culture intriguing, so when I heard about this anthology, I thought it was right up my alley, even if it is filled with love stories.
My biggest problem with this book was probably that it wasn't well constructed. The first 5 shorts were comics, but there was no real way telling where one stopped and the other began, which was kind of a downer.
Individual review to follow:
SPARK by Autumn Crossman — 3/5
SKIN by Priya Huq — 4/5
PEARLS OF LIFE by Reem Madoah — 3/5
IN THE LOVE OF LIFE by Loujaim Alzhrani — 3/5
LOVING IRAN, LOVING ME by Sofee — 5/5
(I didn't post individual reviews of these as the first time I read them I thought they were all the same comic and so I ended up being really confused and having to reread them to understand.)
A GENTLE PUSH—Naziyya Haque
The first not—comic of the collection. I really enjoyed the setting and the subtle undertones of the story. It was well written and cute
5/5
BHALOBHASHA—Nusaibi Chowdhury
A good example of familial love, bur there were some things in the writing that ruined it for me
4/5
DON'T LOOK, JUST LEAP—Tanzila Anis
Compared to the last two stories, this wasn't anything special. It was cute, but it didn't give me the same feelings as the others + it was rather predictable
3/5
LOVE GOD HERSELF—Cam Montgomery
This short was real and painful. I remember asking the same questions and having the same thought about Christianity when I was 5 (long story) I remember those feelings when I was 13 (same story)
This short made me cry and hope all at once. It was real, not matter religion or gender. It was real
5/5
NOT A LOVESTORY—Zainab bint Younus
While this was beautifully written, that's about the only thing I'm left with from this. It was interesting, but grew to be too long in the end
3/5
ONE DAY—Iqra Mehdi
So this one had a cute ending but that's about it. Great for YA romance lovers, not so great for me, but not bad either
3/5
THE HOPE CHEST—Karuna Riazi
I felt like I only got half the story in this one. May just be me being tired, but it left me with more questions than answers
3/5
THE LONG WAY AROUND—Heraa Hashmi
This was a really strong story about a painful but oh, so important topic. If you're just going to read one of these stories, this one is the most important one. The most forgotten
5/5
HIJRAH FROM THE HAREM—Ivy West/Sakhta Khatun
I had such high hopes for this one, but it turned out to be rather pointless and boring
2.5/5
July 6, 2018
A beautiful collection of stories that made me ache, laugh, and swoon in turn. There are stories in this collection that I know I will continually go back to, because they captured me so fully.
August 18, 2018
Excellent book of stories spanning types and content. Well worth reading!
October 22, 2018
Very sweet range of stories and necessary variety with various jewels in the mix of what defines a love story. Karuna Riazi's was one of my favorites as was Naziyya Haaque and Cam Montgomery's.
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June 18, 2018I wasn't that into the sequential art pieces that opened this anthology, but the text-only stories were very good overall. It's also really nice that the stories get to be by and about Muslims without being About Being Muslim.
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