Shattering the Stereotypes: Muslim Women Speak Out - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1566565693 ISBN 13: 9781566565691

Publisher: Olive Branch Press, 2004

Synopsis

In the wake of September 11th. Muslim women in the West found themselves more marginalized than ever by a panicked discourse that did little to promote a true understanding of Islam or the Islamic world. Here. in this ambitious volume that includes essays. poetry, fiction, memoir, plays, and artwork, Muslim women speak for themselves, revealing a complexity of experience and thought that escapes most Western portrayals. Islam is, as editor Fawzia Afzal-Khan puts it only "one spoke in the wheel of our lives." In Shattering the Stereotypes. essays by such writers as Ayesha Jalal, the Pakistani-American historian, poems by award-winning poets including Sucheir Hammad and Nathalie Handal, and a selection of short fiction and plays that are not just ethnically but attitudinally diverse, together make a more rounded portrait of what it is to be a Muslim woman in the 21st century.

About this title

About the Author:

Fawzia Afzal-Khan, a scholar, poet, playwright, and singer trained in the North Indian classical tradition, was born and educated in Pakistan. She came to the United States for graduate school and is professor of English at Montclair State University in New Jersey.

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"This is an important book because it helps the reader understand how the term 'Islam' is being bandied about to cover up, rather than to reveal, the truth of the global injustices that have created a culture of violence on this precious earth. I salute these women for their courage!" -from the foreword by Nawal el-Saadawi

About this edition

• Publisher: Olive Branch Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1566565693
• ISBN 13: 9781566565691
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 338
• Editor: Afzal-Khan Fawzia