Shortlisted for the William Saroyan International Prize 2022
'Engrossing...brilliant' Monica Ali
'Heartbreaking and really funny' Ross Gay
'This book fell into my heart' Sabrina Mahfouz
'The kind of authentic voice that is rarely heard' Saima Mir
Ayesha tells the story of growing up in a fundamentalist Muslim household; of parents who spent most of their lives away from Pakistan; of stealing her mother's hijabs to wear to school as a five-year-old; of revisiting the beliefs and ideals she was raised with; of failed dreams and heartbreaks, but also of joy and love.
Life-affirming and funny, The Colour of God uncovers surprising answers to questions of faith, belonging, family and liberation, and offers a vision of freedom that isn't measured in fabric.
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Ayesha S. Chaudhry is Canada Research Chair, and Professor of Gender and Islamic Studies at the University of British Columbia. In 2018, she was named a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Fellow and a Member of the Royal Society of Canada. She is the author of Domestic Violence and the Islamic Tradition. Her research focuses on women's rights and Islamic reform.
Klappentext
'Engrossing.' Monica Ali
'Heartbreaking and really funny.' Ross Gay
'This book fell into my heart.' Sabrina Mahfouz
'The kind of authentic voice that is rarely heard.' Saima Mir
This is the story of a child raised in Canada by parents who embraced a puritanical version of Islam to shield them from racism. The author explores the joys and sorrows of growing up in a fundamentalist Muslim household, wedding grand historical narratives of colonialism and migration to the small intimate heartbreaks of modern life. In revisiting the beliefs and ideals she was raised with, Chaudhry invites us to reimagine our ideas of self and family, state and citizenship, love and loss.
Zusammenfassung
';Engrossing.' Monica Ali ';Heartbreaking and really funny.' Ross Gay ';This book fell into my heart.' Sabrina Mahfouz ';The kind of authentic voice that is rarely heard.' Saima Mir This is the story of a child raised in Canada by parents who embraced a puritanical version of Islam to shield them from racism. The author explores the joys and sorrows of growing up in a fundamentalist Muslim household, wedding grand historical narratives of colonialism and migration to the small intimate heartbreaks of modern life. In revisiting the beliefs and ideals she was raised with, Chaudhry invites us to reimagine our ideas of self and family, state and citizenship, love and loss.