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The Muslimah who fell to earth : personal stories by Canadian Muslim women

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  • Contributor: Hussain, Saima S
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    2016
    Summary:

    These are twenty-two personal stories, told by women from practically all backgrounds and persuasions--devout and not-so devout, professionals and housewives, westernized and traditional, wearing jeans, hijab, or niqab, and originally from Africa to North America to Pakistan to the Middle East--revealing in their own ways what it means to them to be a Muslim woman (a "Muslimah"). What we get is a complex of stories, all united by two simple ideas--faith and nationality (Canadian). Included here is an account by Zunera Ishaq, who challenged the Harper government in court on the issue of niqab.

    Original Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Mawenzi House
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781927494820, 1927494826