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“When, as happened recently in France, an attempt is made to coerce women out of the burqa rather than creating a situation in which a woman can choose what she wishes to do, it’s not about liberating her, but about unclothing her. It becomes an act of humiliation and cultural imperialism. It’s not about the burqa. It’s about the coercion. Coercing a woman out of a burqa is as bad as coercing her into one. Viewing gender in this way, shorn of social, political and economic context, makes it an issue of identity, a battle of props and costumes. It is what allowed the US government to use western feminist groups as moral cover when it invaded Afghanistan in 2001. Afghan women were (and are) in terrible trouble under the Taliban. But dropping daisy-cutters on them was not going to solve their problems.”
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“The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out and taken yours.”
― The History Boys
― The History Boys
“My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.”
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“Think before you speak. Read before you think.”
― The Fran Lebowitz Reader
― The Fran Lebowitz Reader
Middle East/North African Lit
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Current banner photo : Gaza at Palestine #Land day https://altahrir.wordpress.com/2020/02/04/land-in-eastern-gaza-declared-a-disaster-zone-due-to-isr ...more
Literary Fiction by People of Color
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This can include genre fiction that is literary (e.g. speculative fiction, historical fiction, etc.), as long as it's written by a person of color (Af ...more
The Thinking Muslim Book Club
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— last activity Jan 05, 2023 09:09AM
Dear Readers Asalamualaikum, As part of our research for our Thinking Muslim Courses and our ongoing podcasts, The Thinking Muslim and A Muslim Mom w ...more
Shafaque’s 2025 Year in Books
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