Muslim Women Are Everything: Stereotype-Shattering Stories of Courage, Inspirati

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"A full-color illustrated collection of riveting, inspiring, and stereotype-shattering stories that reveal the beauty, diversity, and strength of Muslim women both past and present"--

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Winner of the 2021 International Book Awards Winner of American Book Fest's 2020 Best Book Awards in Women's IssuesA full-color illustrated 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 40 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 SZANura Afia, CoverGirl's first hijabi ambassadorIlhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, America's first Muslim congresswomenIlyana Insyirah, a hijaab-wearing scuba-diving midwife from AustraliaShowcasing 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.

Author Biography

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.

Details ISBN0062947036 Year 2020 ISBN-10 0062947036 ISBN-13 9780062947031 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2020-06-11 Author Fahmida Azim Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Subtitle Stereotype-Shattering Stories of Courage, Inspiration, and Adventure DEWEY 305.48697 Pages 192 Short Title Muslim Women Are Everything Language English UK Release Date 2020-06-11 US Release Date 2020-06-11 Edited by Bruce H. Thomas Birth 1945 Affiliation Georgia Institute of Technology Position Kranzberg Professor Qualifications J.D. Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc Alternative 9780062947055 Audience General Imprint Harper AU Release Date 2020-08-18 NZ Release Date 2020-08-18 Imprint US Harper Publisher US HarperCollins We've got this

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