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    Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women
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    Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women

    By Ayesha Mattu and Nura Maznavi

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    “A book that strips off the traditional trappings of Islamic womanhood to expose the special strengths and vulnerabilities that lie beneath.” —The Washington Post
     
    Romance, dating, sex and—Muslim women? In this groundbreaking collection, twenty-five American Muslim writers sweep aside stereotypes to share their search for love openly for the first time, showing just how varied the search for love can be—from singles’ events and online dating, to college flirtations and arranged marriages, all with a uniquely Muslim twist.
     
    These stories are filled with passion and hope, loss and longing: A quintessential blonde California girl travels abroad to escape suffocating responsibilities at home, only to fall in love with a handsome Brazilian stranger she may never see again. An orthodox African-American woman must face her growing attraction to her female friend. A young girl defies her South Asian parents’ cultural expectations with an interracial relationship. And a Southern woman agrees to consider an arranged marriage, with surprising results.
     
    These compelling stories of love and romance create an irresistible balance of heart-warming and tantalizing, always revealing and deeply relatable.
     
    “A beautiful collection that reminds us all not only of the diversity of the American Muslim community, but the universality of the human condition, especially when it comes to something as magical and complicated as love.” —Reza Aslan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of God: A Human History
     
    “Portraits of private lives that expose a group in some cases kept literally veiled, yet that also illustrate that American Muslim women grapple with universal issues.” —The New York Times
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateFeb 1, 2012
    ISBN9781593764739
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    • 4/5
      These two editors have pulled together essays by Muslim American women about their love lives, although it is about much more than that.  Don't be put off by the subtitle, The Secret Love Lives of Muslim American Women.  It is about much more than that, and the contributors are serious authors.  A broad range of attitudes and ways of practicing Islam are found here, from conservative to progressive and everything in between.  That is what makes this book so heartening.  (This is my perspective as a non-Muslim.)  Multiple "races" and ethnic backgrounds are included e.g. Pakistani, Indian, African, and others.  The issues addressed are finding mates, whether arranged or not.  A good understanding is shown regarding abilities to refuse arranged partners and the greater family participation that  is common in many cultures, but unseen by those of us unfamiliar with the process.  A broad range of success/failure is also shown in these stories. There is quite a bit of info about divorced Muslim women which I found interesting and helpful.  One of the most interesting sections to me was the one about couples who meet online.  It is an interesting topic to address regarding how the relationships develop with the focus taken off of the physical.  I did get a little tired initially as it seemed I was only going to hear a bunch of little love stories, but things deepened as the book progressed and I was glad I stayed with it.  Another one of those stories where we can see how much more alike we all are than we are different.  Four stars.
    • 5/5
      I just have to say, it's nice to read real stories, of all types. Nice to feel a little romantic "zing" from reading stories I can relate to as well.
    • 4/5
      Very diverse depiction of Muslim women, which I appreciated. Brings up some "taboo" topics like homosexuality and premarital sex -- things that need to be discussed more within the Muslim community instead of ignored.
    • 3/5
      This was quite a diverse collection! Some of these stories really touched me, others left me lukewarm, and others to be honest made me recoil a bit. Let's just say that I identify more with the punk than with the polygamist :) But overall I'm glad I read this, and to know that there are others like me out there (as well as others who are nothing like me :)).