tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795972256750121659.post4222643193381681910..comments2023-11-03T16:53:23.730-04:00Comments on Old Muslim Woman in the Shoe: 10 Things I Hate About MeChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08016249614421972151noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795972256750121659.post-86037082297538015482010-08-02T08:31:42.868-04:002010-08-02T08:31:42.868-04:00I checked out her website. Her new book 'where...I checked out her website. Her new book 'where the streets had a name' looks much more interesting than this one.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08016249614421972151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795972256750121659.post-68403864514520141602010-08-01T15:37:12.851-04:002010-08-01T15:37:12.851-04:00Asalaamu Alaikum
I've never visited her websi...Asalaamu Alaikum<br /><br />I've never visited her website. ( I did see on Unimagined's website that she was supporting his book though). Oh Muslim Child I have and the kids love it but I've NEVER seen Scholastic offer it. I got it from an Islamic bookstore and my library also has it. A better teen book would be From Somalia with Love by Naima Roberts. She has a new one coming out too;Boy Vs Girl. With Brick Lane I was really offended by her behaviour. I thought she had no backbone. Why didn't she just leave her husband. I thought it was gross and I didn't feel sorry for her. She was free to leave. Zeitoun was excellent! I'm hoping the next book choices will be so much better. I need a break from these non-practicing muslim books. They make me tired and ticked off. We need more inspiration in the muslim community not less.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08016249614421972151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795972256750121659.post-69414771451058403072010-08-01T13:54:52.014-04:002010-08-01T13:54:52.014-04:00I just visited her website. Ok I accept there are ...I just visited her website. Ok I accept there are going to be all sorts of Muslims and Muslim experiences. Inshallah, the other muslim voices will get heard and read too. <br />I wonder why it's ok to read a book like Only in London or Bricklane and feel more tolerant towards the characters, but not towards these last three books we have read. Is it because it is adult fiction? 10 things, is fiction, I guess I was hoping for more since it clearly has muslim, ok Lebanese, identity as the main topic... Arghh! Why hope for more? Even if I wrote what I would like to read, someone more devout than me will wail and be offended. Perhaps you can't win. No. No, I would like to read even in books where the muslims are secondary, I'd like to see a fair portrayal, and some not too lapsed in their faith. Like Zeitoun, I think that book was excellent, I was not offended or put off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795972256750121659.post-65156677404186720822010-08-01T13:42:32.589-04:002010-08-01T13:42:32.589-04:00Scholastic did a very nice book called the Muslim ...Scholastic did a very nice book called the Muslim Child, it is for younger kids, but it is right on, and covers all sorts of muslims, by Rukhsana Khan—a Canadian http://www.rukhsanakhan.com/ I love her books. Have you read any young adult muslim novels that are more…beneficial?<br />I know there are a lot of stories about muslim girls overseas, but I haven't picked them up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795972256750121659.post-46064383249916592512010-08-01T13:40:20.386-04:002010-08-01T13:40:20.386-04:00I think you hit upon all the points that bothered ...I think you hit upon all the points that bothered me, and yes if she were like her sister and timothy, it would be an inspirational book, no matter what flaws or inconsistencies she'd have to deal with. We need more like that. Maybe she could write part 2, about Jamilah empowered. I'm not surprised at the double standard between siblings, nor the music. I guess I have a stereotype of middle eastern music being part of the culture there, I mean it seems inseparable, unless you are extremely devout. I think the school was more of a culture school, than islamic school. <br />Have you read any interviews of the author. I wonder why she writes such shallow books about muslims? Am I missing something, reality? I think non converts have bigger challenges if their family doesn't practice, and converts tend to see things in terms of right and wrong, because we immediately step into religion from an unencumbered place (no cultural baggage or familiarity with Muslims who may not practice—the people around you make things comfortable and acceptable to a certain extent).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com