Muslim Women Are Everything, Seema Yasmin
Muslim Women Are Everything, Seema Yasmin
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Muslim Women Are Everything
Stereotype-Shattering Stories of Courage, Inspiration, and Adventure

Author: Seema Yasmin

Narrator: Seema Yasmin

Unabridged: 4 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 04/28/2020

Synopsis

A collection of riveting, inspiring, and stereotype-shattering stories that reveal the beauty, diversity, and strength of Muslim women both past and present. Tired of seeing Muslim women portrayed as weak, sheltered, and limited, journalist Seema Yasmin reframes how the world sees them, to reveal everything they CAN do and the incredible, stereotype-shattering ways they are doing it.Featuring 125 full-color illustrations by illustrator Fahmida Azim throughout, Muslim Women Are Everything is a celebration of the ways in which past and present Muslim women from around the world are singing, dancing, reading, writing, laughing, experimenting, driving, and rocking their way into the history books. Forget subservient, oppressed damsels—say hello to women who are breaking down barriers using their art, their voices, and their activism, including:Tesnim Sayar from Denmark, a Muslim goth-punk who wears a red tartan mohawk on top of her hijabAmerican superstar singer SZA, who sings alongside Rihanna and writes songs forBeyoncéNura Afia, CoverGirl’s first hijabi ambassadorIlhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, America’s first Muslim congresswomenIlyana Insyirah, a hijaab-wearing scuba-diving midwife from Australia Showcasing women who defy categorization, Muslim Women Are Everything proves that to be Muslim and a woman is to be many things: strong, vulnerable, trans, disabled, funny, entrepreneurial, burqa or bikini clad, and so much more.

About Seema Yasmin

Seema Yasmin is an Emmy-award winning journalist who was a finalist for the Pulitzer prize, medical doctor, professor, and poet. She attended medical school at Cambridge University and worked as a disease detective for the U.S. federal government’s Epidemic Intelligence Service. She currently teaches storytelling at Stanford University School of Medicine, and is a regular contributor to CNN, SELF Magazine, and Scientific American, among others.Fahmida Azim is an illustrator, graphic designer, storyteller, and tea-drinker, whose artwork centers around themes of identity, culture, and personal autonomy. She currently works as a designer and illustrator in Seattle. Today, her art can be seen on NPR, in the Dallas News, in a number of books and graphic novels in development, and more. Visit Fahmida-Azim.com for a full portfolio of work.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Maureen on September 06, 2020

This book really busts the proverbial oppressed and submissive Muslim women stereotypes. A really essential book to read. Thoroughly enjoyable and it definitely broadened my horizons and thought process. Women can do anything they put their minds to and still be true to themselves and their beliefs.......more

Goodreads review by Melody on March 10, 2020

A must-have for every bookshelf! This book is a stunning and timely celebration that will fill everyone who reads it with hope, admiration, and inspiration. I can't recommend it more highly! As a Muslim woman, I'm especially grateful that this book even EXISTS. And what a gift, moreover, that it exi......more

Goodreads review by Catherine on September 26, 2020

This is a very important book that I just had to read. I have many Muslim friends but they are all men or boys. Where I am from there were many many Muslim people. But the women were never part of anything that we had for the public. The reason as to why is because the women were sure to think that......more

Goodreads review by Kate (Reading Through Infinity) on October 10, 2021

This is a lovely piece of non fiction, documenting the work and achievements of Muslim women across the world, throughout history. Each chapter is about a different woman and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to their triumphs and the way they overcame adversity. Two of my particular favourites were th......more

Goodreads review by Rana on April 26, 2020

This is a fun book that presents the multitude of ways one can live as a muslim and a woman. I resonated deeply with the introduction, in particular. I’m not one for profiles of people, but if I had a daughter, I’d definitely share this book with her.......more

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