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Habibi is a new zine-style anthology featuring prose stories and comics weaving together stories of love told by Muslim women. Each piece is a unique perspective on what love can mean to someone, whether it's romantic, familial, or even love of self.
Very rarely are Muslim women part of the narrative on love in any of its forms and now we're speaking for ourselves. ...more
Very rarely are Muslim women part of the narrative on love in any of its forms and now we're speaking for ourselves. ...more
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I enjoyed this a lot! I think it would've been better if the comic parts were spread throughout the book, but oh well, I liked the stories a lot more than them anyway. Everyone except Karuna Riazi were new-to-me authors, but I'd definitely read more from many of them. My favorites were A Gentle Push, Love God Herself, One Day, The Long Way Around and Hijrah from the Harem. Such a sweet collection of love in all its forms!
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Rating: 3.5 Paw Prints! ...more
Jun 20, 2020
alyssa
marked it as to-read
Definitely read and loved this, couldn’t tell you when, let’s just say it was last year
I was a Kickstarter backer for this project!
There were some good stories in here but others were lacking from a purely storytelling aspect in my opinion. Full review to come on Books and Ladders!
There were some good stories in here but others were lacking from a purely storytelling aspect in my opinion. Full review to come on Books and Ladders!
Highlights for me were the pieces Not a Love Story and Hijrah.
A collection of stories written only by women Muslim writers/artists.
Because I have some Arabic family, I've always found the culture really interesting. I love the language and find the culture intriguing, so when I heard about this anthology, I thought it was right up my alley, even if it is filled with love stories.
My biggest problem with this book was probably that it wasn't well constructed. The first 5 shorts were comics, but there was no real way telling where one stopped and the other b ...more
Because I have some Arabic family, I've always found the culture really interesting. I love the language and find the culture intriguing, so when I heard about this anthology, I thought it was right up my alley, even if it is filled with love stories.
My biggest problem with this book was probably that it wasn't well constructed. The first 5 shorts were comics, but there was no real way telling where one stopped and the other b ...more
Excellent book of stories spanning types and content. Well worth reading!
A beautiful collection of stories that made me ache, laugh, and swoon in turn. There are stories in this collection that I know I will continually go back to, because they captured me so fully.
Very sweet range of stories and necessary variety with various jewels in the mix of what defines a love story. Karuna Riazi's was one of my favorites as was Naziyya Haaque and Cam Montgomery's.
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Putting aside my own two contributions (ahem!), I did enjoy the rest of the anthology... some stories more than others. I love the theme that runs throughout every story, and especially the android comic!
I wasn't that into the sequential art pieces that opened this anthology, but the text-only stories were very good overall. It's also really nice that the stories get to be by and about Muslims without being About Being Muslim.
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