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“We are not asking for permission any more. We are taking up space. We've listened to a lot of people talking about who Muslim women are without actually hearing Muslim women. So now, we are speaking. And now, it's your turn to listen.”
― It's Not About the Burqa
― It's Not About the Burqa
“Women are supposed to be ‘less than’, not ‘too much’. Women are meant to be quiet, modest, humble, polite, nice, well behaved, aware of the red lines. They are supposed to tread softly and within their limits.”
― It's Not About the Burqa: Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race
― It's Not About the Burqa: Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race
“Writing is dangerous because we are afraid of what the writing reveals: the fears, the angers, the strengths of a woman under a triple or quadruple oppression. Yet in that very act lies our survival because a woman who writes has power. And a woman with power is feared.1”
― It's Not About the Burqa: Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race
― It's Not About the Burqa: Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race
“Carry us, marry us, ferry us, bury us: those are our four ways to exodus, for now. Though, to tell the truth, none of us has yet safely made the crossing. Except for Ruth May, of course. We must wait to hear word from her.”
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“You think all your memories are yours alone, but often they are given by others: versions of events repeated by family, scenes stolen from a movie watched half-sleeping, dreams willed into existence.”
― It's Not About the Burqa
― It's Not About the Burqa
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