Ok, checked it out. I think, rather than reading the meoirs of a childhood that turns into a life of a teenager who thinks of Michael Jackson as an "idol of freedom" I would like to read think this:
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Voices of Resistance: Muslim Women on War, Faith and Sexuality (Paperback)
by Sarah Husain (Editor) "most certainly your body is for us to mark our territory and to conduct our wars..." (more)


Editorial Reviews
From Booklist
Challenging homogenous stereotypes of Muslim women as the "Islamic Other," this eloquent collection of fiction, poetry, interviews, essays, letters, and artwork celebrates diversity across race, nation, sexuality, and gender. Most contributors live in the U.S., and the focus is on post-9/11 America, connecting multiple immigrant histories and memories of "home" with the personal and political in contemporary daily life. A few entries are dense with academic jargon about "hegemonic" definitions and "methodologies," but most are much better than that, including moving pieces about the veil, the body, and sexuality. One woman encounters hostility when she reads her Quran on the subway. Many have been the targets of hate crimes in the name of security and democracy. A short story addresses the controversial subject of suicide bombing as a form of resistance by the powerless. Three friends speak via e-mail from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Cairo. Sure to spark discussion in college classrooms and among feminist and peace activist groups. Hazel Rochman
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Product Description
Voices of Resistance is a diverse collection of personal narratives and prose by Muslim women whose experiences and observations are particularly poignant in today's politically and religiously charged environment. The contributors in this anthology hail from Yemen, Iran, Palestine, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Canada, and the United States.
Sarah Husain conceptualized this collection as a means of redefining the stereotypical depictions of Muslim women that inundate current western discourse on the Islamic "other." She seeks to dispel the image of the veil as the age-old symbol of Muslim women's repression and move beyond sterile representations and narrow debates about the contemporary realities of Muslim women. These women engage in discourses concerning their bodies and their communities. A woman mourns the death of a cousin killed in a suicide bombing; a transsexual remembers with fondness the donning of the veil he no longer wears as a Muslim man; a woman confronts sexism and hypocrisy on a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia; and the experience of being judged on the basis of skin color and political and religious affiliation that is far more blatant and ubiquitous since the September 11 terrorist attacks provide some of the compelling stories.


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Product Details
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Seal Press; illustrated edition edition (May 23, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1580051812