Does My Bomb Look Big in This?

by Nyla Levy

Yasmin Sheikh feels torn in the city she used to call home, but Aisha sees a different London to her best friend. When Yasmin suddenly disappears to Syria, Aisha embarks on a mission to uncover the truth and decide whether there is any hope in Yasmin's new-found world.

First conceived in 2016 after being cast in roles as a 'jihadi bride' or 'terrorist girlfriend' and generally dissatisfied with the narrative being told, Nyla Levy ran research workshops with school children and interviewed muslim community leaders as well as terrorism defence solicitor Tasnime Akunjee. The result voices the complexities of the choices made by disaffected youth, their vulnerability, and how the decisions made can changes lives, communities and countries forever.

With fierce wit and disarming honesty, Does My Bomb Look Big in This? cleverly unveils a human story behind the headlines and questions how close or far we are from multicultural harmony.

110 pages, Paperback

Published May 2, 2019

Reviews

[Jack Stacy]

Real language.
Funny. Laugh out loud, funny in places.
Challenges the reader to question their own judgements and behaviour; how people can de humanise other cultures, through a lack of knowing, a lack of understanding.
Fresh voice.
She smashed it!
Could possibly be 5 stars, but I'm a bit tight.