reviews & recommendations from some queer Muslim bookworms. covering everything from social justice non-fiction to YA fantasies to sapphic romances ✨
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Hello #booktwt ! I’m starting this account to share my musings on books I’ve read, especially books that made me feel seen as a queer Muslim. There’s a growing community of us on Twitter so thought it was time to showcase some literature we’re reading! #queermuslims #PrideMonth
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TODAY IS THE FAWKING DAY EVERYONE GO TO YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE AND GET WHEN WE WERE SISTERS
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Register here for our first virtual panel ❤️🔥🤲🏽 eventbrite.ca/e/exploring-in…
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1100 dead, 500,000 in camps, a third of the country under water.
Here's a list of places to donate to flood relief in Pakistan.
Please reply with others if you know of orgs doing good work on the ground.
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Eid al Ghadeer Mubarak to all the Queer & Trans Shias that are lonely on this night. You are NOT alone! 💚🥺
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Each month, we read a new title for our Queer #BookClub, which is led by one of our wonderful volunteers. This month we're reading a book about an Algerian Muslim lesbian living in Paris: The Last One by Fatima Daas. We look forward to seeing you there!
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If you’re looking for some great essays & poetry that highlight how Muslims come in all forms and hold so many intersecting identities, definitely pick up “Halal If You Hear Me” co-edited by @asgharthegrouch and @mafiasafia goodreads.com/book/show/4174… 🌈☪️
The book is broken up into five sections named after each of the pillars of Islam (Shahada, Salat, Zakat, Sawn & Hajj) and the poems or essays within loosely tie to the pillar but cover so many topics like family, love, sexuality, race, culture etc etc.
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"Queer Companions" by Omar Kasmani @kasmani_o conjoins queer theory and the anthropology of Islam. Read the introduction for free on our website now. #AsianStudies #LGBTQBooks
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ALT Cover of Queer Companions: Religion, Public Intimacy, and Saintly Affects in Pakistan by Omar Kasmani. Cover shows a blurry photo of human silhouettes in motion, one dressed in orange, the other in white.
🧵1/5 Our hearts & prayers go out to the victims & loved ones of yesterday’s shooting at a gay bar in Oslo. We are still struggling to process this tragedy but one thing to make clear is that this is not Islam & this terrorist has no right to call themselves Muslim #osloattack
4/5 And always remember, people are not born with hate. You being your true authentic self with people around you could be the reason someone hears something hateful & thinks “Well that’s not true of that whole community, Fatima is gay and she’s not like that at all”.