{"product_id":"hijab-butch-blues-a-memoir","title":"Hijab Butch Blues : A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Lamya is fourteen, she decides to disappear. It seems easier to ease herself out of sight than to grapple with the difficulty of taking shape in a world that doesn't fit. She is a queer teenager growing up in a Muslim household, a South Asian in a Middle Eastern country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But during her Quran class, she reads a passage about Maryam, and suddenly everything shifts: if Maryam was never touched by any man, could Maryam be... like Lamya?Written with deep intelligence and a fierce humour, Hijab Butch Blues follows Lamya as she travels to the United States, as she comes out, and as she navigates the complexities of the immigration system - and the queer dating scene. At each step, she turns to her faith to make sense of her life, weaving stories from the Quran together with her own experiences: Musa leading his people to freedom; Allah, who is neither male nor female; and Nuh, who built an ark, just as Lamya is finally able to become the architect of her own story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Raw and unflinching, Hijab Butch Blues heralds the arrival of a truly original voice, asking powerful questions about gender and sexuality, relationships, identity and faith, and what it means to build a life of one's own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e Published: UK, 2023\u003cbr\u003e Publisher: Icon Books\u003cbr\u003e Pages: 304\u003cbr\u003e Language: English\u003cbr\u003e ISBN 13: 9781785788499\u003cbr\u003e ISBN 10: 1785788493\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lamya H","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44408645943562,"sku":"","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/products\/9780571178568_65511bfb-ed3f-44e7-9b0f-dcaf815e0290.jpg?v=1678367863","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/hijab-butch-blues-a-memoir","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}